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Show 1890.] LIZARD COLLECTION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 85 Two specimens, adult and young, from Pinang, in the collection of Dr. J. G. Fischer. SCINCUS ALBIFASCIATUS. (Plate XI. fig. 5.) Scincus officinalis, var. B, Dum. & Bibr. v. p. 568. Head and limbs as in -S1. officinalis. Ear-opening barely distinguishable, covered by two scales, which are not fringed. Scales perfectly smooth, dorsals larger than ventrals. 24 scales round the middle of the body. Brown above, with seven white transverse bands, each occupying two transverse series of scales ; each brown scale with two or three whitish dots; sides white, with a blackish spot at the end of each white dorsal band ; limbs and lower parts white. From snout to vent 115 millim. A single specimen from Dakar, Senegambia. CHAMELEON ROPERI. (Plate VIII. fig. 4.) Casque feebly raised posteriorly ; parietal crest well-marked but low; the distance between the commissure of the mouth and the extremity of the casque a little shorter than the mouth ; no rostral appendages; lateral crest strong; occipital lobes well developed, entirely separated from each other. Body covered with uniform rather coarse granules; a feebly serrated dorsal crest; a strong gular-ventral crest. No tarsal process. Gular-ventral crest white ; a whitish lateral stripe from the axilla, not reaching the groin. d. 2- millim. millim. Total length 220 197 From end of snout to extremity of mandible 27 23 From end of snout to extremity of casque .... 35 30 Greadest width between lateral cranial crests. . 1 6 13 Depth of skull (mandible included) 20 19 Width of head 18 16 Body 82 80 Tibia 22 20 Tail 110 93 Two specimens from Kilifi, East Africa, collected and presented by Mr. G. D. Trevor-Roper. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE VIII. Fig. 1. Lygodactylus fischeri, p. 80. 2. Platypholis fasciata, p. 81. 2 a. , lower view of foot. X 2. 3. Anolis panamensis, p. 81. 3 a. , upper view of head. X 2. 4. Chameleon roperi (p. 85), upper and side views of head. |