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three others radiating below and two above it. Three or four oblique 

 streaks on each side of the throat ; and others on the limbs. Females 

 are smaller and darker, generally of the hue of the ground on which 

 they lie. 



6. C. viridis, Gray. Nuchal crest extremely slight ; and no 

 decided spines above the tympanum, but three raised angular scales 

 placed not on a ridge, but disposed triangularly and separated apart. 

 In some specimens, probably the females, the latter are scarcely 

 noticeable. There is also a row of five flattened scales from below 

 the eye to above the tympanum. Two longest hind-toes of subequal 

 length and reaching only to the ear. Body scales acutely pointed, 

 especially those of the lower parts. Colours green or brown, mottled 

 with whitish and with dark brown ; lips black. From S. India. 



7. C. ophiomachtts, (Merrem). Tympanic ridge with several 

 short and two longer spines. Longest hind-toe reaching to front of 

 eye. Tail extremely long, its terminal three-fourths commonly 

 whitish. General colour green, paler below ; with some irregular 

 white transverse bands on the body in adults. Stripe through the 

 eye red ; and nuchal crest and throat the same in the breeding 

 livery of the males. One Ceylon example (in spirit) is remarkable 

 for having a longitudinal white lateral band, continued from the 

 shoulder to the tail upon which it becomes broken and lost. Iden- 

 tical from S. India, Ceylon, and the Nicobar Islands. 



8. C. platyceps, nobis, J. A. S. XXI, 354. Hab. Khasia hills. 



9. C. tricarinattjs, nobis. Founded on a young specimen of a 

 well marked species, affined by the flat form of the head to the last, 

 but particularly distinguished by having three low crests or keels 

 along the nape and shoulders. An oblique row of six large triangular 

 scales over each tympanum, but no spines (perhaps on account 

 of youth). Longest hind-toe reaching to tip of muzzle. Colour 

 (in spirit) blue above, white beneath. From near Darjiling, where 

 procured by Capt. Sherwill. 



Aspeis, nobis, n. g. (Scincidce). Affined to Tropidophortjs, 

 Dumeril and Bibron, but differs much in the arrangement of the 

 shields upon the head, and the face anterior to the eyes is com- 

 pressed and narrow, with subacute muzzle. Tongue very slightly 

 notched. Teeth extremely minute. Frontal shield elongate-pentan- 



