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3. Dracunculus, Weigmann. 



Head quadrangular, covered with small unequal scales. Nos- 

 trils lateral, on the face-ridge. Tympanum hid under the skin, 

 covered with scales. 



Weigmann descrihed D. lineatus as having but 5 exserted ribs, 

 but our specimens, like the other dragons, have 6 on each side. 



* Nape not crested, with a longitudinal fold. 



The Banded Flying Lizard. Dracunculus quinquefasciatus. 

 Draco quinquefasciatus, G^ray, Zool. Journ. 1827,219. Illustr. 

 Ind. Zool. t. Bum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 455. Hardw. Icon. ined. 



B. M. t. Q9. 



Wings with 5 cross bands ; scales of the back keeled ; nape 

 with a longitudinal fold, not crested ; nostrils superior, erect ; ears 

 covered with many equal granular scales. 



a. In spirits. Penang. Presented by Gen. Thomas Hardwicke. 

 ** Nape crested. Ears slightly concave. 



The Lined Flying Lizard. Dracunculus lineatus, Weigm. 

 H. Mex. 14. Act. Acad. N. Cur. xvii. 217. D. lineatus. Baud. 

 Rept. iii. 298. Wolf. Ahhild. i. t. 3,/. 10. Schlegel, Ahhild. 93, t. 

 24, f. 5. Grag, Griff. A. K. 59. Bum. et Bib. E. G. iv. 459. D. 

 Araboinensis, Lesson, III. Zool. t. 38. D. volans, Blumb. Abbild. 

 t. 68. 



Head grey, white-spotted ; wings dark-banded, with small 

 white longitudinal lines ; the sides and throat bluish black, with 

 large white spots ; the ears indistinctly marked, covered wnth 

 thin flat scales ; base of the tail rounder above, with a slight crest 

 on each side. 



a. In spirits. Amboina. From the Leyden Museum. 



b — d. In spirits. Java. Presented by Capt. SirEdw. Belcher, R.N. 



The Banded-head Dragon. Dracunculus ornatus. 



Grey, head black cross-banded, chin black-dotted ; wings grey, 

 reticulated with black, and with broad black bands at the edge ; 

 scales rhombic, of the middle of the back larger, keeled, of the 

 sides smaller, smooth ; ears covered with small equal granular 

 scales ; tail slender, compressed, with 5 keels above and 2 strong- 

 er keels beneath, rather depressed at the base, with 5 slight keels 

 above. 



a, b. In spirits. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's col- 

 lection. 



c. In spirits. Male, crest higher. Philippine Islands. From 



Mr. Cuming's collection. 



d. Very young, in spirits. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cu- 

 ming's collection. 



