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I have also got one specimen of a new Oreocalotes from the valley 

 of the Sutlej near Kotegurh, which I call Oreocalotes major. I have 

 not seen a specimen nor a drawing of Oreocalotes minor to compare it 

 with, but it differs from the description of that species by its smaller 

 and much more numerous body scales, by the abdominal scales being 

 conspicuously larger than those of the sides arid in its mode of colora- 

 tion. The general colour is purplish grey above, with some black cross 

 bands on the head, which become arrow shaped on the trunk and 

 the root of the tail ; a blackish band runs from behind the eye 

 along the side of the neck ; the sides of the body are green, mixed 

 with black, (the black scales being small and smooth, and the 

 green ones large and keeled) ; limbs and tail with dusky cross 

 bands and rings ; the throat whitish, with a few black specks, and 

 a veryjsmall light purple gular lap ; belly tawny white with brown 

 specks. Length 9| inches ; the tail being rather more than 6. 



B e d d o m e has recently got specimens of Galotes JElliotti, the 

 C. Rouxi of my catalogue from the western forests. 



I have got five specimens of Calotes Maria from the Khasi hills, and 

 of a second species which is apparently B 1 y t h ' s Calotes platyceps. 

 This differs conspicuously from C. Maria by the fewer scales of the 

 body, the very much larger scales of the throat, the lower sincipital 

 crests, the inferior of which is situate immediately above the orbit, 

 and not at a distance as in Maria. Both are beautifully green with 

 more or less various marks. C. maria, being much the largest 

 species, some specimens measuring 18 inches, of which the tail is 

 above 13. C. platyceps scarcely exceeds 12 or 13 inches, the tail 

 being 9. 



I much doubt the occurrence of C. Maria in the North "Western 

 Himalayas, whence recorded byGiintheron the authority of one 

 of the Schlagintweits; but, as I will have frequent occasions 

 to note in my " Reptiles of India," several of the habitats of the 

 Reptiles given by the brothers Schlagintweit appear to be 

 erroneous, probably from displacements of labels. 



Oriotiaris JElliotti, Gr ii n t h e r, is clearly Calotes tricarinatus, 

 B 1 y t h, which that naturalist in a MS. copy of his paper " on some 

 Reptiles" &c, forwarded to me, has marked new genus. It is rather 

 uncommon about Darjeeling, and never grows to a large size. 

 G- ii n t h e r strangely puts its with a query as Calotes Maria. 



