84 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 
ZA be 
SPINOUS LIZARDS, Moloch horridus. 
belonged to a huge Che- 
“ 4 WAYSIDE GREETING,” p. 87. 
lonian, a member of the 
turtle tribe, and it is now accordingly allocated 
to that group under the new name of Miolania 
Oweni. A facsimile of Owen’s original illustra- 
tion of this remarkable type is reproduced on 
page 88, immediately above a group of Molochs 
photographed from life to approximately the same 
scale. 
W, Saville-Kent, Photo. 
Numerous examples of Moloch horridus have 
been kept in captivity by the author, affording by their grotesque aspect and habits 
many hours of enjoyable relaxation. The chief difficulty attending the maintenance 
of this species under artificial conditions is the very important one of their food 
SPINOUS LIZARDS, SHOWING KNAPSACK-LIKE NECK 
EXCRESCENCES, p. 87. 
supply. In works in which this topic is referred to, 
W. Saville-Kent, Photo. 
including one of the British Museum Paleontological Guides, Ed. 1886, Moloch horridus 
is pronounced to be a vegetable feeder. As, however, obtains in the Chlamydosaurus 
