1. cHAMZLEON. 461 
25. Chameleon tigris. 
Chamzleo tigris, Gray, Cat. p. 268. 
Chameeleo tigris, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat. p. 104; Gray, Spicil. 
Zool. p. 2, pl. iii. fig. 2; Dum. & Bibr. iii. p- 212; A. Dum. Arch. 
Mus, vi. pl. xxii. fie. 3. 
—— seychellensis, Kuhl, 1. c. p. 105. 
Lophosaura tigris, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 475, 
Casque very feebly elevated posteriorly ; the distance between 
the commissure of the mouth and the extremity of the casque is less 
than the length of the mouth; no rostral appendages ; crests strong, 
tubercular, parietal bifurcating anteriorly and joining the supra- 
ciliary portion of the lateral; sometimes some of the tubercles on 
the back of the casque spinose; no occipital lobes. Scales very 
small, flat, squarish ; a vertebral crest of isolated conical tubercles ; 
no ventral crest; a gular crest of isolated pointed tubercles 3 a scaly 
dermal lobe on the chin. No tarsal process. Tail nearly as long 
as, or a little longer than, head and body. 
mitten millim. 
otal, length sci. seven egaase inva. 210 196 
From end of snout to extremity of man- 
CUD 6: sides atau aay ears 23 22 
From end of snout to extremity of casque 29 27 
‘Greatest width between lateral cranial 
CPCB es Ye a8 hi oe Shoe ie Baw BROS 12 12 
Depth of skull (mandible included) .... 17 18 
Width of head g.344.6 ot gis beanu ste save 12 13 
BOW Yio ios versace ds heen a Bienes Rabreoacuue se 77 74 
PLWD LD. co iise tae sens wast en a esate w Ba wes et ea 17 17 
Hails ieee apca ditevas aks eieass ature tezatoaie eet cite 110 100 
Seychelles, Zanzibar. 
a-b, ¢. . Seychelles. Dr. E. P. Wright [P.]. 
a. Her? Seyciielles T. Bell, Esq. (pat ] 
e. Q. Seychelles. ; 
S-h. 3,2, & ye. Zanzibar. Capt. J. E. Parish [P.}. 
26. Chameleon affinis. (Prarzs XXXIX. fig. 7.) 
Chameleon affinis (Ripp.), Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 95, and 
1864, p. 472. 
Casque not raised posteriorly, continuous with the body ; a slight 
indication of a parietal crest; the distance betwren the commissure 
of the mouth and the extremity of the casque slightly exceeds the 
distance between the former point and the nostril; no rostral 
appendages *; lateral crest obtuse ; no trace whatever of occipital 
lobes. Body coarsely granular, a few of the granules on the sides 
* My knowledge of the male is derived from notes kindly drawn up at my 
request by Dr. Boettger. 
