3. Note on Chameleon pumilus, Daudin, 9. By Dr. G. B. Longstaff. 



Taken on a shrub, about four feet from ground, in the Botanical Gardens, 

 Cape Town, 9th August, 1905. 



Description. — Apple-green; at the back of the eye two patches of greyish- 

 pink placed vertically; a lateral stripe of the same colour extending from 

 shoulder to pelvis, widest in middle, where are two dark grey spots.. Several 

 orange tubercles on the back. Belly striped with greenish white; underside 

 of head striped blue-green and pink. The ground varies to dusky green. 



Kept in confinement. Observations on same made at Durban, i6th Aug., 

 1905. After it had been kept for some time in the dark it became of the 

 brightest apple-green. On exposure to light it darkened. Placed on a dark 

 "uniform-case" near the window in bright light it darkened along the dorsal 

 area. 



Taken out into the garden and placed alternately on a black pair of 

 trowsers and on a white towel. It darkened in both cases, but there was no 

 noticeable difference. Then put on a twig of a shrub with bright green 

 leaves it became paler. The side away from the sun was of the brightest 

 apple-green, the outer side (towards the sun) was darker along the hack. The 

 bright green harmonized wonderfully with the young leaves, the creature 

 appeared flat, and was scarcely distinguishable. The neck and belly did not 

 appear to change colour. * * * 



4. By Professor E. B. Poulton. 



* * * Good fortune gave me as companions in the same compartment of 

 the train two physicist friends, Captain Creak, F.R.S., and Professor C. V. 

 Boys, F.R.S. One day, when C. pumilus was resting on the compartment 

 table, with the long axis of its body parallel to the window, Professor Boys, 

 who was certainly intended for a naturalist, pointed out that the strongly illumi- 

 nated side, next to the window, was dark green, while the side in deep shadow, 



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