1S78.] from the Ilinialaijas and Burma. 127 



small tubercle above the orbit and there is no nuchal crest, but as in one 

 specimen there is a longitudinal row o£ scales very slightly larger than the 

 others along the back of the neck, and as the supra-orbital tubercle is 

 small, these characters may be variable, and I hesitate to separate the 

 species upon such shght data without actual comparison. Still it is not 

 quite certain that the Tenasserim lizard is the true D. tceniopteras, 



Bronchocela buemana, sp. nov. 



J5, omnino viridis, affinis^. cristatellse, B. molluccanseque, s<?r? 52'W<?;;i25 

 lateralihus minorihics, in series longitudinales ad 25 dispositis, serie dorsali 

 parum majore, crista niochali parvuld, scutis majoribus post supercilium 

 nullis. 



Hab. ad Tavoy in Tenasserim. 



Description. Scales of the sides of moderate size, smaller than in 

 JB. cristatella, larger than in B. juhata, in about 23 to 25 longitudinal 

 rows, fewer behind, scales of the abdomen much larger, in about 12 rows, 

 all sharply keeled. Dorsal row of scales distinctly larger than those of the 

 sides, nuchal crest very low, formed of a series of triangular flat spines, 

 passing between the shoulders into the dorsal row of scales. No fold before 

 the shoulder. There are no enlarged scales behind the superciliary ridge, 

 all the scales between the eye and tymj)anum are nearly similar, those in 

 the middle are a little larger than the others, but there is no distinctly 

 enlarged scale. The hind limb, laid forwards, does not quite extend to the 

 end of the snout, the fore limb extends to the thigh, the fourth hind toe 

 is one- fifth longer than the third. Colour grass green throughout, paler 

 below, no dark patches nor yellow bands on the body. On the top of the 

 head, the supra-orbital regions are surrounded by slightly enlarged scales 

 of a dusky purplish colour, but this may be individual or due to change of 

 tint in spirit. 



This species is at once distinguished from B. cristatella (and from 

 B. molhcccana if that be really different)* by its larger lateral scales, 

 by its much lower nuchal crest and by the absence of any enlarged scales 

 behind the supercilium. From B. juhata, on the other hand, the present 

 form may be known by the lateral scales being larger, as well as by the 

 want of enlarged scales behind the supercilium. There is no specimen of 

 B. smaragdina-\ in Calcutta for comparison, but that species has evidently 

 much larger lateral scales, no true nuchal crest, longer limbs, different colour- 

 ation, and very much larger scales on the throat, for there are said to be 

 only 16 series between the angles of the mouth, whereas in B. hurmana 

 there are double that number. 



* Stoliczka, J. A. S. B., XXXIX, Pt. 11, p. 179. 

 t Giinther, Kept. Brit. Ind., p. 138. 



