1. CHAMZLEON. 443 
B. Snout ending in a single compressed appendage. 
Rostral appendage pointed, rigid (?); a 
large dermal occipital flap.......... 42. melleri, p. 472. 
Rostral appendage rounded, soft; no 
occipital flap ...... 0. eee eee ee 43. nasutus, p. 473. 
Rostral appendage long, pointed, soft; 
no occipital flap..............000. 44, gallus, p. 473. 
1. Chameleon vulgaris. (Pxuarz XXXIX. fig. 1.) 
Chameleo vulgaris, part., Gray, Cat. p. 265. 
Lacerta chameleon, part., Linn. S. N. i. p. 364. 
? Chameeleo parisiensium, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 45. 
Chameeleo zeylanicus, Law. 1. ¢. p. 46. 
— vulgaris, Daud. Rept. iv. p. 181; Dum. § Bibr. iti, p. 204 
(var. A); A. Dum. Arch. Mus. vi. pl. xxii. fig. 1. 
pears trapu, Geoffr. Descr. Egypte, Rept. p. 134, pl. iv. 
9.3. 
Chameeleo africanus, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat. p. 104; Guérin, 
ets Rk. A, Rept. pl. xv. fig. 1; Schleg. in Wagn, Reis, iii. 
p- 111. 
Chameleon carinatus, Merr. Tent, p. 162. 
—— subcroceus, Merr. 1. ec. 
? Chameeleo siculus, Grohmann, N. Deser. d. Camel. sic. 1882. 
Chameleon rimulosus, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 42. 
—— hispanicus, Fitzing. 1. ¢. 
Chameleo cinereus, Strauch, Erp. Alg. p. 21. 
Chameleon vulgaris, part., Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 469. 
—— auratus, Gray, l. c. 
— aa J. A. Smith, Proc. Phys, Soc. Edinb. iii. 1866, 
p. 306. 
vulgaris, var. recticrista, Boettg. Ber. Senckenb, Ges. 1879-80, 
p. 198. 
—— sp., F. Mill. Verh, Nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1885, p. 715, pl. xi. 
Casque raised posteriorly, with strong curved parietal crest; the 
distance between the commissure of the mouth and the extremity of 
the casque nearly equals the length of the mouth ; no rostral appen- 
dages; a strong lateral crest, becoming indistinct as it ascends 
towards the extremity of the parietal crest; a small but very 
distinct occipital lobe on each side, extending to the extremity of 
the parietal crest. No enlarged tubercles among the granules of the 
body ; no dorsal crest ; a more or less distinct series of conical scales 
on the anterior part of the vertebral keel ; a series of conical, slightly 
enlarged granules on the median Jine of the throat; no ventral 
crest. No tarsal process. Tail usually a little shorter than head 
and body in the Western specimens, a little longer in the Eastern. 
A white line from chin to vent; usually two or three series of pale 
spots along each side. 
