1853.] Notices and Descriptions of various Reptiles. 647 



verse fold of the neck and immediately behind it with blackish, and 

 spotted with the same on the breast and belly, the spots becoming 

 less numerous on the latter. Upper parts dark olive-green, the 

 back and sides speckled over with whitish. Two smaller specimens 

 were presented to the Society by L. C. Stewart, Esq. now of H. M. 

 61st Eegt., from "Wuzeerabad. Length of one 8f in., of which the 

 tail measures 5| in. In these the under parts are yellowish- white, 

 suffused or marbled with bluish or pale dusky on the throat, and 

 slightly spotted with the same on the breast. Upper parts paler 

 olive-green than in the large specimen ; the back and sides speckled 

 with yellowish- white in one, as in the adult example, with traces of 

 dusky marbling on the back ; in the other, the back is much more 

 marbled and blotched with dusky, and has only a few largish dull 

 white spots on the back and sides, while the limbs and tail are 

 banded, and there are three dark transverse lines over each eye. 

 If new, St. indicus, nobis. 



Genus Calotes, Kaup. "We have now nine well marked species 

 of this genus in the museum. The first three are distinguished 

 by a pit or fold before the shoulder, which is lined with minute 

 scales. 



1. C. emma, Gray (vide " Proceedings of the Asiatic Society" for 

 May, 1853, p. 413.) Inhabits Mergui, and probably other parts of 

 Burma, ranging northward perhaps to the Khasya hills ; but ex- 

 tremely doubtful as an inhabitant of Afghanistan. "We have elsewhere 

 expressed our suspicion (loc. cit.) that collections made by the late 

 Dr. Griffith in Afghanistan and in the Khasya hills had become mixed 

 and confounded, and hence that Mr. Gray had been led to assign 

 his Calotes emma, C. maeia, C. minor, and Salea Hoesfieldi to 

 Afghanistan, and two of the four to the Khasyas also ; countries so 

 extremely different, that it is most improbable that the same species 

 would be found to inhabit both of them. 



2. C. mtstacetts, Dumeril and Bibron. (Described J. A. S. 

 XXI, 754). Inhabits Burma, and also the mountainous parts of 

 Ceylon. Hind-toe reaching to the ear. 



3. C. Bouxi (?), Dumeril and Bibron. Three adult specimens 

 and another half-grown forwarded by Dr. Kelaart from Newera Elia, 

 in Ceylon, accord fully with the description as regards structure ; 



