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the body. Head and body, 80 mm, ; tail. 180. Brown above, 

 finely speckled with black and yellow. Below whitish, speckled. 

 Black lines radiating from the eyes. 



The characters given by Boulenger (Rept. Malay Pen. p. 70) 

 to separate this form from Jloweri, namely narrower head and 

 more compressed tail, "will not stand the test of nry specimens. 

 I have examined two examples of floweri from Chantabun, in 

 addition to the two in the Museum. They have from 50-55 

 scales round the middle of the body, 



I separate microlepis as having more scales, 65-70, round the 

 body, smaller ventrals and smaller tympanum ; it is possible that 

 Jfoweri is only a Southern form of this species. 



I have examined pregnant females of both forms. The eggs 

 are oval. 



Calotes mystaceus D. <fc B. 

 F.B.I, p. 138(1890). 



Specimens obtained at Saigon and on the Langbian Plateau 

 lack the three chocolate spots on the back which appear to 

 characterize the form found west of the Mekong River. Enough, 

 however, is not yet known of this handsome lizard in Burma to 

 name races definitely. The plateau is a considerable extension 

 eastwards of its known habitat. 



Liolepis belliana Gray. 



Bouleng., Rept. Malay Pen. p. 73 (1912). 



Yar. annamensis, nov. 



When collecting upon the sea-coast at Tour Cham, before 

 ascending the Plateau, our attention was attracted by the marked 

 difference in colour between the form of L. belliana which we 

 observed there, and the one which we knew so well from Siam 

 and the Malay Peninsula. The vivid orange bars upon the flanks 

 of the typical form were replaced by bands of pure white. 



A detailed examination of the specimens obtained showed 

 further that, in the number of femoral pores, and in the size of 

 the scales behind the tibia, they differed from the typical form. 

 I distinguish the two as follows : — 



Forma typica. 



13-20, usually 15-18, femoral pores. 

 7-13, „ 8-10, scales across the back of the middle of 



the tibia. 

 Flank with orange and black bars alternating. 

 Hab. Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, and 

 S. China*. 



* Annandale has shown (Rec. Ind. Mus. vii. p. 90, Feb. 1912) that the occurrence 

 of this lizard in S. India is incorrect, 



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