334 



AGAMID^. 



Total length 255 millim. 



Head 26 „ 



Width of head 21 „ 



Body 59 „ 



Fore limh 47 ,, 



Hind limb . .' 72 „ 



Tail 170 „ 



Central India. 



a, b-c, d, e-i. cT , ? , aodavery Valley. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



& hgr. 



k-m. (J 2 • Jeypore. Col. Beddome \ C.]. 



n^- <S,2 >^ lig'- Near Ranchi, Nagpur. W. T. Blanford, Eaq. [C.]. 



3. Charasia ornata. 



Brachyura ornata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxv. 1856, p. 448 ; 

 Stokczka, Proc. As. Soe. Betig. 1872, p. 77 ; CocKburn, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Bejiff. li. 1882, p, 50. 



Habit stout ; head short and convex. Upper head-scales sub- 

 equal, tubercular, obtusely keeled ; two small spines surrounded 

 by still sm.aller ones on each side of the back of the head, above the 

 tympanum ; latter not quite as large as the eye-opening. Gular 

 fold not well marked ; gular scales larger than ventrals, feebly 

 keeled. Fifty-seven scales round the middle of the body. Dorsal 

 scales much larger than ventrals, rhomboidal, imbricate, keeled, the 

 keels converging obliquely towards the vertebral line ; ventral scales 

 feebly keeled. !N"uchal and dorsal crests not continuous, reduced to 

 a piere serrated ridge. Limbs, and especially digits, rather short ; 

 the adpressed hind limb reaches the neck ; scales on the limbs much 

 smaller than those on the back. Tail round, not quite as long as 

 head and body, covered with equal, strongly keeled scales. Pale 

 brown above, with three rows of darker, light-edged spots on the 

 back, the median row most distinct and formed of rhomboidal 

 spots ; limbs and tail with dark cross bars. 



Total length 94 millim. 



Head 16 „ 



Width of head 13 „ 



Body 34 „ 



Fore limb 24 „ 



Hind limb 32 „ 



Tan 44 „ 



Central and Northern India. 



«. Kgr. Gutch. F. Stoliczka [C.]. 



19. AOAMA. 



Agama, part., Daud. Hist. Rept. iii. p. 33.3 ; Cuvier, Regne An. ii. 

 p. 33 ; Men-. Tent. Sijst. Amph. p. 50 ; Fitzing. Neue Classif. Rept. 

 p. 17 ; Dmn. ^ Bihr. Erp. Gen. iv. p. 481. 



