138 The Official Guide to the 
termination, and another species of Scincus (S. whitit), 
obtained in New Holland, is next to it. The three- 
horned Chamelon owent, possessing a long horn over 
each eye and another at the end of the muzzle, is a 
sufficiently singular animal ; but it is cast completely 
into the shade by the ‘THORN-DEvVIL, or HORRIBLE 
Motocu (AZoluch horridus), one of the most repulsive 
creatures living, a member of the extraordinary fauna 
of Australia. Another species, the HORNED LizARD 
of California, is almost as hideous a creature. And 
the chapter of horrors may be closed by the WINGED 
Dracon, or Flying Lizard (Draco volans), all of which 
remarkable forms are members of the same Order, 
represented in this country by our pretty little Vivi- 
PAROUS LIZARD (Lacerta vivipara). | 
Case III. 
The upper portion of this case is occupied by some 
Indian Monitors of the genus Cadlofes, and the 
remainder contains some very good specimens of the | 
genus Cvocodt/us, from various localities, and a skull 
only of the Gavial, a species mostly frequenting the 
River Ganges. 
Case IV. 
is devoted to the members of the Order TESTUDI- 
NATA, the Tortoises and Turtles. ‘The most interest- 
ing specimen is one of the Great Galapagos Tortoises, 
now becoming so extremely rare. ‘This fine Tortoise 
was presented alive to the Museum in 1842. ‘There 
are, Or were, several species on the various islands of 
the Galapagos Group. There are also young speci- 
mens of the Angulated Tortoise ( Zestudo angulata), a 
South African species; Zestudo elegans, the Indian- 
Starred Tortoise; Z. ygz@a, the Common Greek 
