CORDYLUS GIGANTEUS. 
Reptilia. — Plates XXXV., XXXVI. 
C. flavo-brunneus inferne pallidior, dorso cauda supern& extrcmitatibusque superne fusco-nebulatis; 
occipite, temporibusque postice spinis fortibus triangularibus in ordine singula armatis ; dorsi 
squamis leviter carinatis, laterium fortiter spinosis ; cauda superne spinosissima ; extremitatibus 
anterioribus inferne squamis tuberculosis ; poribus femoralibus decern. 
Longitudo e naso ad basin caudee, 8 unc. Caudse, 7 unc. 
Colour. — The upper surface of the head posterior to the eyes, deep 
umber brown, anteriorly, towards nose, dark yellowish brown ; the temples, 
posteriorly, of the former colour, anteriorly, yellowish brown ; the lips and 
throat intermediate between sienna and straw-yellow ; the sides of the lower 
jaw freckled yellowish brown. The back, sides ol body, tail, and extremities, 
intermediate between sienna and honey-yellow, the tint on the back and 
upper surface of the tail darkest, and particularly towards and on the 
line of the spine, irregularly clouded with umber brown ; the extremities are 
also more or less shaded or clouded with the same colour. Belly wine 
yellow ; the scales in front of femoral pores, yellowish brown. Eyes 
reddish brown. Claws, umber-brown. 
Form, &c.— Figure robust, and aspect rugged and repulsive. Head 
rather flat, broad, and posteriorly bulging ; the upper surface, behind eyes, 
nearly even,— before eyes, slightly convex, and in both places covered with 
very hard rough plates, those towards nose subtubercular ; superciliary 
plates seven on each side, disposed in rows of threes, with the seventh 
placed behind them ; the plates of the internal row largest, and with the 
exception of the seventh, are smooth and without striae ; nostrils cylindrical, 
and situated towards the hinder extremity ol the nasal plates , labial plates 
small, eight above and five below, the last of the lower lip and the three last of 
