88 THE NATURALIST IN AUSTRALIA. 
Phrynosoma cornutum being the commonest form. Although belonging to a separate 
family, that of the Iguanide, their shape and size correspond very nearly with those 
of Moloch, but defensive spines of conspicuous dimensions are chiefly limited in 
their distribution to the 
region of the head. Pro- 
bably, though the fact 
would not appear as yet 
to have been established, 
Phrynosoma, in common A B 
with Moloch, is abn ant- A SKULL, ONE FOOT TEN INCHES IN DIAMETER, AND B TAIL-SHEATH oF Miolania Oweni, 
ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED BY SIR RICHARD OWEN AS THE FOSSIL REMAINS OF A 
eater. GIGANTIC LIZARD ALLIED TO Moloch horridus, AFTER OWEN, p. 83. 
Life-sized photographic representations of male and female individuals of A/oloch 
horridus, taken by the author from living specimens, form the subject of Plate XIII. 
In addition to portraying the relative proportions and spinous developments of the 
respective sexes, these figures serve also to indicate their more ordinary colour 
patterns. While varying much in tint in different individuals and even in the same 
individual at different times, a corresponding configuration of the colour areas is 
mostly dominant. These, on the dorsal surface, usually consist of bilaterally arranged 
patches of varying shades of brown, light red, or an almost crimson hue upon a 
lighter ground of grey, brown, or it may be cream-colour or a brighter yellow, while 
in any case there is invariably a yet lighter median streak separating the right and 
left halves of the colour 
patches. A dark Y-shaped 
patch, with a lighter linear 
border, is developed on 
the head and there are 
irregular blotches of the 
| same tint on the four limbs. 
In taking leave of 
this interesting type, we 
reproduce the accompany- 
ing photographic life study 
for the special benefit of 
those among our fair 
W. Saville-Kent, Photo, readers to Ww h om an 
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