Notice of Colours in a Species of Chameleon. 391 



runs backwards from the chin along each side of the base of 

 loose fringe, and terminates at the sides of the neck. The 

 lower parts of the abdomen and the under surface of the 

 tail have the scales small and equal ; and there is no central 

 crest. The legs and feet are thickly studded externally with 

 larger rounded scales, but they are small and equal on the 

 inner surface. 



Colour. — -The scales of this creature resemble a beautifully- 

 coloured piece of elaborate mosaic work. The head has the 

 muzzle of a dark green, edged with black, and spotted with 

 vermilion ; the orbits and cheeks of a beautiful vermilion- 

 tinted flesh colour. The top of the head is dark green, spotted 

 with flesh colour ; the occipital plates flesh coloured, and 

 the projecting ridges of the head dark green, pointed with 

 black. The chin and throat are pale blue and green, studded 

 with flesh colour and vermilion, the green becoming darker 

 behind the loose fringes under the chin and throat, which 

 have a belt of light blue at their roots, and are spotted with 

 flesh colour and light green. The fringe consists of fourteen 

 portions or segments ; the first three are single, the fourth 

 and fifth consist of double flaps of skin, and the remaining 

 ones are simple or single. 



The ridge of the back is of a bright yellowish green, spotted 

 with dark green scales, the conical tubercles along the ridge 

 ending in dark grey. There is next a narrow longitudinal 

 band or belt of pale blue, with larger scales and spots of red 

 and vermilion colour, running along the sides of the back ; 

 and below this a broader longitudinal belt of reddish flesh 

 colour, running from the temple and shoulder to the base of 

 the tail, studded with several rows of larger scales of a light 

 red colour. Below this belt again is another of blue dashed 

 with green, ending in yellow green at the shoulders, and 

 studded also with larger red scales. Under this is a broad 

 belt of flesh colour, studded with larger and darker red 

 scales, below which is a belt of lightish green and blue 

 and dirty white ; another belt of dirty white and greenish 

 forming the central part of the belly below. 



Legs. — The legs are bright yellowish green outside, studded 



