1872.] StoliczJca, on Kaclili Bepiles, 81 



and the few existing, ratlier imperfect, figures, the Kachh form is to be dis- 

 tinguished by having the trihedral tubercles on the back smaller, the limbs 

 shorter, the subcaudals two rowed and only moderately enlarged. 



A third very closely allied form is the Western Asiatic G. Kotscliyi, 

 Steindachner (Sitzb. Akad. Wien, M. N. Klasse, Ixii, 1870, p. 329). Accord- 

 ing the description and figure of this species, the Kachh form differs by its 

 slenderer and more depressed form, a slightly longer snout which is covered 

 with rather large sharpened tubercles, by slenderer and longer limbs, a greater 

 number of labials, two rowed subcaudals &c. 



XlEOMASTICIDiE. 



17. Ueomastix Haedwickii, Gray. 

 Gxinther, Ind. Rep. p. 155. 



Common in open sandy localities. 



Not only the snout is covered with shields, but as a rule also the head 

 above, between the eyes and the anterior part of the occiput. 



The general colour is yellowish, with cinereous ill-defined spots and a 

 dense irregular reticulation of brown ; a few blackish streaks radiate from 

 the eye, and a short streak proceeds from the angle of the mouth to the base 

 of the ear ; below, yellowish white, chin and throat and the sides of the lower 

 head generally with irregular dark spots and stripes ; a bluish black spot on 

 the inner side of the femora appears to be always present. The largest speci- 

 men measm^es 15 inches, the body being 9 inches, (head alone 1), tail 6, fore 

 foot to tip of claws 2 '5 ; hind foot 3 "75 ; free portion of fourth toe 0.9 inches. 

 There is a particular class of people employed in catching these reptiles, 

 which are by some inhabitants esteemed as an article of food. The animals 

 live in holes and are herbivorous, as noted by Theobald. (Comp. Cat. Kept. 

 Asiat. Soc. Mus., p. 29). There are several interesting points in their 

 anatomy, and I trust to have an early opportunity in noticing these. 



Chameleoktidje. 



18. Chameleo CEYLONicrs, Laur. 



With regard to some peculiarities in the structure of the Indian Clia- 

 meleon, I refer to my note in Proc. Asiat. Soc. B., for 1870, p. 1. The 

 specimens found in Kachh entirely agree in this respect with those found on 

 the Continent of India. The species is not common, on account of the 

 scarcity of vegetation in Kachh generally. I met with it only on a 

 few places along the Run, (at Jora, Sumrasir and Lodai) . 



In one specimen which I kept for some time alive, I have noted the 

 following variations of colom-. When the animal was undisturbed, the 



from the account iu Diimeril's Cat. Eept. Mus. Ilist. Nat. Paris, p. 45. Eichwald's 

 figure gives only cue pair of enlarged cliinsliields. 



