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the extremities. The general colour of this chameleon, 
preserved in spirits, is bluish-grey, mottled with lighter, 
and spotted over with reddish-yellow and white. The 
colours are principally thrown into transverse bands, alter- 
nately light and dark, approaching to black, some nine or 
ten of which may be counted between the neck and extre- 
mity of body. The tail is also crossed by alternate fainter 
bands of light and dark grey. 
The body measures laterally 4 J inches in length from 
snout to anus, and the tapering tail 6 J inches in length from 
the ainal opening. Should the specimen turn out to be new, 
which, however, from the want of various specimens to com- 
pare it with, he was unable finally to determine, he would be 
inclined to suggest for it the designation of the banded 
chameleon — 
Chamceleon fasciatus, n. s. ? 
Dr Smith trusted, however, to be able to bring the speci- 
men under the examination of Dr J. E. Gray of the British 
Museum, our first authority in such matters. 
The chameleons found at Old Calabar, in addition to the 
one now exhibited, were, Dr Smith said, the Chamceleon or 
Pterosaurus cristatus of Gray, two specimens of which had 
been already exhibited by him to the Society ; and the three- 
horned chameleon (Charnceleon tricornis) exhibited by Mr 
Andrew Murray in 1860. 
Mr Hewan had sent him some notes on the chameleon, and 
describes a curious African superstition in reference to those 
found at Old Calabar. He writes as follows : — 
" Altogether I don't think 1 have seen more than six or 
seven. The fringed one is certainly the most common, so 
far as I have noticed, but I have seen others also. This, as 
I have said, is a matter for future investigation. 
" The superstition with reference to the chameleon is this : 
Should a person going along the road meet a chameleon 
and kill it, he must place it in some conspicuous place 
there, and to do so as definitely as he can he collects a few 
green leaves, and places them over the dead body of tlie rep- 
tile. Every person passing the spot is thus enabled to take 
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