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ing, black lines. Beneath yellowish white. Pupil circular, iris brown, 

 with a narrow golden ring. 



Habit. — Pinang, Singapore, 



Cochin China. 

 At Pinang this species appears to be very local, and not numerous : 

 two individuals examined were obtained from spice plantations in the 

 valley. They were very active and fierce, possessed in a slight degree 

 the power of changing the ground-colour to a lighter hue, and in capti- 

 vity refused food and water. In a female were found 13 eggs of a 

 yellowish white colour, of an oval shape, f inches in length. The 

 stomach contained fragments of leaves and twigs, and a quantity of 

 earth and lime. The latter probably originated from the lime water, 

 with which the spice-trees are copiously sprinkled, to secure them 

 against the attack of insects. The dimensions of the lizard were : 



Length of the head, 1^ inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, 3| 



Ditto ditto tail, „ , , 6 



Entire length,. . lOf 

 Of the intestinal canal : 



Small intestines, 7| inch. 



Large, If 



Ccecum, Of 



The stomach capacious, with thick parietes. The first portion of 

 Duodenum is much widened till within half an inch from Pylorus, 

 where Ductus coledochus enters. Ccecum is of a crescent-shape, much 

 widened, as well as the large intestine. 



Gen. Dilophyrus, Gray. 



Head four-sided. Forehead rather concave, face-ridge high. Eye- 

 brows rounded. Occiput with 3 or 4 larger tubercles on each side. 



Parotids unarmed. Nape and back with a crest of high compxessed 

 scales, with series of smaller scales at their base. The throat rather 

 lax,* with a cross fold behind,f extending up the front of the 

 shoulders. Scales of the back small, rhombic, equal ; of the belly rather 



* Add : with a compressed pouch, minutely loathed in front. 

 t Questionable-. 



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