474 CHAMZLEONTIDE. 
a ¢. Mahanova. (Type.) 
uf. 3,92,& her. E. Betsileo. Rev. W. D. Cowan [C.]. 
gd. Madagascar. 
2. BROOKESIA. 
Chameeleo, part., Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 203; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 264. 
Furcifer, part., Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 42. 
Brookesia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 476. 
Claws simple; scales on soles spinose. Tail shorter than the 
body. 
Madagascar. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
A large triangular supraciliary bony process 1. superciliaris, p. 474. 
A large conical tubercle on each side above 
the nostril). s.c.cavyegs oe eur ee naeei 2. ebenaui, p. 475. 
A pair of conical tubercles at the end of the 
SHOUL sedeeeieawee tear e ews cau ened 3. nasus, p. 475. 
1. Brookesia superciliaris. 
Chameleo brookesianus, Gray, Cat. p. 270. 
Chameeleo superciliaris, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. u. Vergl. Anat. p. 103; 
Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xi. 1879, p. 484, pl. —. fig. 2, and xii. 
1881, p. 481, pl. iii. fig. 11. 
brookesiana, Gray, Ann. Phil. (2) ii. 1827, p. 409, and Spicil. 
Zool, p. 2, pl. ili. fig. 3. 
brookesti, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 58; Dum. § Bibr. iii. 
- p. 285. 
Chameleon (Furcifer) brookesii, Fitzing. Syst. Rept. p. 42. 
Brookesia superciliaris, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 477. 
Casque angularly emarginate posteriorly, with two large tri- 
angular processes above the eyes, directed forwards; the casque 
rugose, with a few spinose small tubercles on the posterior border ; 
a ridge on each side, from the orbit to the temporal extremity of 
the casque, and a pair of others between them, converging pos- 
teriorly ; an interorbital ridge, extending from one supraorbital pro- 
cess to the other. A series of bony spines (the transverse processes 
of the vertebra) on each side of the vertebral line, projecting at 
right angles to the axis of the body. No crests ; scales finely granular, 
intermixed with slightly enlarged tubercles. 
millim. millim 
Total length ...... 85 Body ..sce8 ees 5. 38 
Head is eso 455585 14 PUIG) o's eh ned tsbeeeccs des 9 
Width of head .... 9 Math, cesar sarees 33 
Madagascar. 
