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G. A. BOULENGER 



extremity of the casque equals tlie length of the mouth; lateral 

 crest strong, tul)ercular, the tubercles pointed, subtriangular ; no 

 horns; upper head-scales large, very unequal in size; no trace of 

 occipital lobes. Body covered v^ith granular scales intermixed with 

 large, round, flat tubercles of irregular size; male with a high 

 scolloped tin-like crest on the back and with a straight-edged one 

 on the basal fourth of the tail, these crests supported by the 

 produced neural spines of the vertebrae; the scales on the dorsal 

 crest large, flat, unequal in size ; no crest in the female. No ven- 

 tral crest; a short crest of conical tubercles behind the chin. No 

 tarsal process. Tail a little longer than head and body in the 

 male, a little shorter in the female. 

 Greyish, without any markings. 



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Total length millim. 203 152 



From end of snout to extremity of mandible » 24 1 9 



» » » » » casque . » 29 24 



Depth of skull (mandible included) . . » 19 15 



Width of head » 13 11 



Body )> 74 61 



Tibia » 16 14 



Tail >) 105 72 



One male and three females from Moka, Fernando Po, 1300-1500 

 m. altitude. 



This new Chameleon is closely related to C. montlum, differing 

 in the absence of rostral horns in the male and of their represen- 

 tative tubercles in the female, and in the presence of a short 

 gular crest. 



54. Rhampholeon spectrum, Buchh. 

 Fernando Po: Musola. 



OPHIDIA. 

 Typlilopidae. 



55. Typhlops elegans, Peters. 



Prince's Island: Roga Inf. D. Henrique, 200-300 m. 



56. Typhlops punctatus, Leach. 



