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muzzle and the front angle of the eye ; tail elongate, compressed, 

 with a double-edged keel above ; toes elongate, unequal, strong ; 

 teeth rounded. 



a. Scales over the eyes equal. Nape with lunate bands. African. 



The XiLOTic Monitor. Monitor Xiloticus, Grai/, Ann. N. 

 H. i. 393. Geoff. jRept. Egypt, i. 121, t. 3,/. 1. Lacerta Niloti- 

 ca, Hasselq. Iter. 361. Forsk. Fauna, t. Schneid. Amp. ii. 195. 

 Daud. Rept. iii. 51. Dum. et Bib. E. Gen. iii. 476. Wagler, Syst. 

 164. ? Lacerta Capensis, Sparm. Voy. t. Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 

 393. Tupinambis ornatus, Daud. Rept. viii. 352. Merrem, Tent. 

 59. Stellio Saurus, Laur. Syn. 56. Tuj). elegans, Daud. R. iii. 

 37, young. Tup. stellatus, Daud. R. iii. 59, t. 31, young. Mo- 

 nitor pulcher, Leach, Bawd. Voy. Africa. Gray, Griff. A. K. t. 

 voung.— .Se&a, i. t. 94, f. 1, 2. t. 100,/. 3. t. 105,/. 1. ii. t. 49, f. 

 2. t. 97, f. 2. t. 105,/ 1. 



Head grey, when young with concentric rows of white spots ; 

 back of neck with lunate cross bands ; under side of body and 

 head greyish, white-spotted when young, black cross-banded; the 

 shield over the eyes flat, subequal, many-sided. 



a. Adult, stuffed. Egypt. Presented by James Burton, jun. Esq. 



b. Young, in spirits. Africa. 



c. Half-grown, stuffed. Egypt. Presented by Sir J. G. Wilkinson 

 d—^f. Half-grown and young, stuffed. N. Africa ? 



g. Young, in spirits. Ashantee. Presented by T. E. Bowditch, 



Esq. The specimen described by Dr. Leach. 

 h—j. Young, in spirits. Africa. 



k. Young, in spirits. W. Africa. Presented by W. Raddon, Esq 

 /. Young, in spirits. Niger Expedition. Presented by Dr. W. 



Stanger. 

 m. Young, in spirits. Ashantee. From the Leyden Museum. 

 n. Young. Africa, Fernando Po. From the Voyage of the Ethiope. 

 o — q. Young, stuffed. S. Africa, Cape of Good Hope. 



b. Scales over the eyes equal. Nape coloured like the back. 



The Indian Monitor. Monitor Dracaena, Gray, Ann. N. H. 

 i. 393. Lacerta Dracsena, Linn. S. N. 360. Shaw, Zool. iii. 218, 

 t. 67. Stellio Salveguardia, Laur. Syn. bl . Tupinambis Ben- 

 galensis, Daud. Rept. iii. 67. Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. t. 26. Dum. 

 et Bib. E. Gen. iii. 480. T. Indicus, Daud. Rept. iii. 46, t. 30. 

 T. Cepedianus, Daud. Rept. iii. 42, t. 29. Uaranus guttatus, U. 

 punctatus, and U. Argus, Merrem, 58 — 60. Monitor gemmatus, 

 Guerin, Icon. t. 3,/. 1. Seba,\. t.^b,f.2—4. t.86,f.4,5. t. 101. 

 t. 105,/ 2. ii. t. 32,/ 3. t. 68,/ 2. 



Brown, black-spotted or yellow-eyed when young; nostrils cen- 



