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posterior part of the supraciliary border; ten or eleven feebly 

 keeled upper labials. Gular sac a little shorter than the head. 

 Male with a distinct nuchal crest. Dorsal scales unequal, feebly 

 keeled, not larger than ventrals, with a lateral series of enlarged, 

 distant scales. Tail with a strong crest of large, pointed, com- 

 pressed scales, its length one time and two thirds the length of 

 head and body. The fore limb extends a little beyond the 

 tip of the snout, the hind limb reaches the axilla or between 

 the elbow and the axilla. 



Greyish above, with a reddish vertebral stripe and reddish 

 on the head, and numerous black dots; four dark blotches 

 sometimes form a cross between the shoulders; membranes 

 black above, with interrupted whitish streaks, below uniformly 

 whitish. Lower parts pale blue, throat with black dots; gular 

 sac and inner side of the lateral lappets yellow. Length of 

 head and body 91 mm.; tail 156 mm*. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Sarawak!). — Malacca (2500 and 3000 

 feet). 



8. Draco lineatus Daud. 



Draco UncaUis^ Daudin, Hist. Rept. Ill 1802, p. 298. 



Draco lineatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. I 1885, p. 264 (s. syn.). 



Head small; snout as long as or a little longer than the 

 diameter of the orbit; nostril lateral, directed outwards; tym- 

 panum usually scaly. Head-scales very unequal, keeled, those 

 on the median line of the snout and on the supraocular region 

 largest; five to eight upper labials, last largest. Gular sac 

 shorter than the head. A slight nuchal crest. Dorsal scales 

 equal, feebly keeled, not larger than ventrals ; no lateral series 

 of enlarged scales. Tail nearly twice as long as head and 

 body. The fore limb extends beyond the tip of the snout, 

 the hind limb reaches the axilla or a little farther. 



Olive-brown above, with pale spots and transverse bands; 

 a dark spot on the supraocular region and one on the nape; 

 membranes above dark brown with white longitudinal lines, 

 sometimes with dark and light cross bands, below dark brown 

 with lighter bands. Lower parts greenish, throat and sides of 

 neck with dark reticulation and light round spots; lips with 

 dark bars. Length of head and body 82 mm.; tail 158 mm. 



