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AGAMA. sp. 
There are two specimens of a large Agama in the collection 
which represent a species allied in some respects to A. nupta, 
De Fil. As thew origin is uncertain I prefer to leave them 
unnamed. The numbers on their museum labels have been ori- 
ginally entered in the register without particulars, but “Dr. W. T. 
Blantford. Persian collection ?” has been written in at a later date 
in pencil and the collector’s labels attached to them resemble those 
of the Persian Collection. 
They differ from specimens of A. nupta (of which I have 
examined a large series) chiefly in the character of their dorsal 
lepidosis. There is along the vertebral line a narrow band of enlarged 
scales which widens slightly from before backwards. These scales 
are not homogeneous or arranged in any order, but differ largely 
inter se both in size and in development; they are strongly mucro- 
nate and their bases do not overlap; some of them have almost 
the character of retroverted spines. Similar scales are scattered on 
the sides of the posterior part of the body, and there are others, 
which havea rather larger base, on the postero-lateral surface of the 
thighs. The majority of the dorgo-lateral scales are extremely 
minute, but the antero-lateral scales of the thighs are large, imbri- 
cating, leaf-shaped, homogeneous and strongly keeled. The other 
characters are those of A. nwpta. 
Agama nupta, De Fil. 
A. nupta, Boulenger, Faun. Ind. Rept., p. 151. Alcock and 
Finn, J.A.S.B. Ixy (2), 1896, p. 555. 
The verticillation of the tail, at any rate in old specimens, may 
be practically absent. The coloration is frequently an almost 
uniform brownish-black. The Museum processes a characteristic 
but imperfect specimen from Chitral (Dr. Gi. M. Giles) 
LIOLEPIS BELLII (Gray) 
L. bellii, Boulenger, Fascic. Malay. Zool. 1, p. 155. An- 
nandale and Robinson, ibid. (note). Annandale, P. Z. S., 1900, p. 
857, and Ann: Mag. N. H. (7) XV, 1905, p. 32. 
We have several immature specimens from Burma which 
exhibit the characteristic “juvenile livery” so well marked in 
examples from the Malay Peninsula. 
List or AGAMIDH TAKEN ON Sinkip Istanp By Woop-Mason’s 
CoLLEcror. 
Draco quinquefasciatus (Gray) (numerous specimens). 
Aphaniotis fusca (Ptrs.) (one specimen). 
Calotes jubatus (D. & B.) (one specimen), 
wre 
