226 Gen. Hardwicke and Mr. Gray 



The number of bands of spots, and their size, appear to vary by 

 age. 



Called Bis Kupra, or Bis Copra at Cawnpore, and Gosaump at 

 Dheliah. 



2. M,Jlavescens> n. s. 



Naribus rostri apici quam oculis propinquioribus ; carina 

 elevata utrinque supra dorsum ; digitis validis brevibus subaequali- 

 bus ; squamis magnis flavis brunneo-rufescente marmoratis; cauda 

 corpore dupio fere longiore. 



Inhabits India. 



Nostrils one-third the distance from the end of the nose to the 

 angle of the eye. Body with a raised keel on each side of the 

 back, just above the legs. Toes strong, short, nearly equal. 

 Scales large, yellow, mottled with reddish-brown. Tail nearly 

 twice as long as the body. Tail 14y. Body 8 inches. There is 

 another drawing, apparently of this species, with the body 13 and 

 the tail 18 inches long. From a drawing. 



Gen. 2. Varanus. 

 Tail round and triangular. Nostrils an oblique slit, placed 

 near the angle of the eye. Teeth sharp^ compressed. Terrestrial* 

 1. V. Scincus. 



Tupinambis griseus. Daud. Kept. viii. 362. 

 Monitor terrestre d'Egypte. Cuv. Regn. Anim. ii. 25. 

 Ouran de Forskal. Geoff. Rept. (PEgypte, 

 Varanus Scincus. Merrem^ Rept. 59. 

 The Scincus of the Ancients, according to Prosper 

 Alpinus. 

 > - Crocodile terrestre d'Herodote. — Cuvter. 



Animal Lacertosum. Prosper Alp. H. N, JEgypt. 217. 

 Icon. Prosper Alp. lb. t. 11. Geoffroy^ Rept. d'Egypte, 

 t. 3. f. 2. 

 Inhabits Futtehghur. 



A drawing of this animal differs slightly from the specimen in the 

 British Museum from Tripoly, collected by Mr. Ritchie, which 

 agrees exactly with Geoffroy's figure in colour; the upper part 

 of the body is pale, with three irregular-edged broad, and the 

 belly with four narrow black, bands. The tail also is annulated. 



