474 Catalogue of Beptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. [No. 5. 



of the dewlap are only exhibited during the pairing season, and it 

 then becomes larger than previously. At this time, too, some blue 

 marks are observable on the nape and back, that on the nape indeed 

 forming a kind of crest more conspicuous now, the colours in general 

 too are deepened, and the quadrangular marks on the back and 

 barring of the limbs very distinct. The name Sitana, said by Cuvier 

 to be the name by which it is known at Pondicherry, is a Latin 

 termination of the word Shaitan or Devil, a name sometimes applied 

 to it by the Musulmans of S. India. 



Length of one 6| in., of which the tail is 4-f in. 



Gen. DRACO, Linne — Vide Cant. 1. c. p. 



Deaco dussumieeii — Dura, and Bibr. 



Anterior and posterior angles of each orbit edged by a small 

 pointed horn ; grey, wings marked black and red. 



This very beautiful little lizard is only found in the forests of the 

 "West Coast, or rather in the neighbourhood of the forests, for it 

 frequents cocoa-nut and betel-nut plantations in their vicinity chiefly, 

 not living, it is alleged, in the woods themselves, nor in the gardens 

 at any distance from the forest. It is tolerably common in all 

 Malabar, Cochin and Travancore, but not known farther North than 

 Malabar, being either unknown or very rare in Canara. 



The colour of the body is a delicate grey with some darker mark- 

 ings, which the animal occasionally renders very distinct, at other 

 times obscures entirely. It sometimes also changes its whole hue 

 to a dark blackish grey. The ground colour of the wings is red 

 marbled with black and edged with yellow. The small dewlap is 

 pale yellow marbled with green at the base. This I may remark 

 is never extended forwards to the extent usually seen in stuffed 

 specimens, being merely brought forward now and then to the edge 

 of the chin, and in a flat state not distended with air. The two 

 lateral appendages of the head, also, are merely slightly raised now 

 and then, and never distended in the manner seen in dried specimens. 

 Gen. AGAMA — Daudin. 



Head short, triangular ; nostrils near the muzzle : 2 — 5 incisive 

 teeth in upper jaw; a longitudinal fold beneath the throat and 

 another across the neck. Tail compressed, conic, Anal pores. 



