. Zoology of Egypt. ; Gasco, Viagg. Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. Chammleo vulgaris, Lefebvre, Abyss, vi. Zool. 1845-50, p. 193; Del Prato, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xxxv. 1895, p. basiliscus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 316; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. iii. 1887, p. 446, pi. xxxix. fig. 3; Aim. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, xvi. (xxxvi.) 1896, p. 552; Boettger, Kat. Rept. Mus. Senck. 1893, p. 118; Anderson, Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. Imvigatus (non Gray), Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, pp. 128, 445. 2 cJ, 1 juv., and 1 juv. ? . Ramleh. 1 ? . Tokar. Major H.
. Zoology of Egypt. ; Gasco, Viagg. Egitto, pt. ii. 1876, p. Chammleo vulgaris, Lefebvre, Abyss, vi. Zool. 1845-50, p. 193; Del Prato, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat. xxxv. 1895, p. basiliscus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1868, p. 316; Blgr. Cat. Liz. B. M. iii. 1887, p. 446, pi. xxxix. fig. 3; Aim. Mus. Civ. Genova, ser. 2, xvi. (xxxvi.) 1896, p. 552; Boettger, Kat. Rept. Mus. Senck. 1893, p. 118; Anderson, Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. Imvigatus (non Gray), Blanford, Geol. & Zool. Abyss. 1870, pp. 128, 445. 2 cJ, 1 juv., and 1 juv. ? . Ramleh. 1 ? . Tokar. Major H. W. Jackson. 1 $, 3 9, and 1 juv. Suakin. 1 J and 1 juv. Wadi Haifa. Surgeon-Captain It. H. Penton, Casque moderate, elevated posteriorly, with a slight anterior convexity, but nearlyvertical posteriorly; no dermal occipital lobes ; supraorbital ridge strong, prolonged on 1 C. R. Soc. Philom. no. 19, 1893, p. 5, footnote. 2 Op. ait. no. 12, 1895, p. 36. 3 Herpet. Arabia & Egypt, 1896, p. 62. ,•*-. < -3 z Si CHA1LELE0N BASILISCUS. 231 to the side of the casque, but becoming indistinct as it ascends; the distance betweenthe angle of the mouth to the apex of the casque equals or slightly exceeds the lengthof the labial border; the distance from the base of the casque anteriorly to itssummit about equals or slightly exceeds the distance between the tip of the snoutand the middle of the eye. Limbs well developed; a tarsal spur in the male. Tailgenerally equals the length of the body and head. Sides of the head and casque withnearly equal, moderately large, polygonal, or round or flattened tubercles. Body withsmall granules, and with very minute ones, uniform in size, scattered among very feeble dorsal ridge of triangular tubercles, becoming lost posteriorly ; a gularridge of enlarged conical tubercles, becoming more indistinct towards the vent. Colour generally rich grass-green, either with two lines of spots along each side, thelower extending from the axilla to t
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