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specimens show the black and yellow markings beautifully. 

 Length of head and body 1040 mm.; tail 1320 mm. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Nias!; Engano; Sumatra (Sabang on Pulu 

 Well!, Deli!, Langkat, Labuan, Siboga, Taluk!, Kaju tanam!, 

 Solok!, Singkarah!, Gunung Sugei near Padang, 1500 — 3000 feet, 

 Indragiri, Ujambi!, Tandjung Laut, Musi, Lematang, Benugal, 

 Lakitan, Semangus, Rawas, Rupit, Batang Leko, Dawas, Tunkal, 

 Bantung in Palembang); Java (Buitenzorg!, Samarang, Parugan!, 

 Tengger Mts. 1200 M., Mount Smeru!); Bali; Lombok; Sum- 

 bawa; Sumba!; Flores!; Kalao Island; Wetar; Borneo! (Se- 

 bruang Valley, Pontianak, Smitau, Sarawak, Sadong, Baram, 

 Kuching, Santubong, Mt. Dulit, Rejang and Kapuas rivers, 

 Singkawang, Labuan, Martapura); Celebes! (Manado!, Goron- 

 talo!, Posso, Kema, Kandari); Halmahera!; Batjan. — Malacca; 

 Andamans; Nicobars; S. China; Slam; Tenasserim; Nepal; 

 Ceylon; Philippines; Cape York., ^ "^ ^-^ ''' "* "J^ • 



Found in swamps or on trees near rivers. The eggs are 

 laid in hollow tree-trunks or in burrows. A very common 

 species. 



7. Varanus togianus (Peters). 



Monitor (Hydrosaiirus) togianus^ Peters, Mon. Beil. Ac. 1872, p. 5S2. 

 Varanus togiatius, Boulenger, Cat. Liz. II 1885, p. 316. 



Snout depressed at the tip, the distance between the tip 

 and the anterior corner of the eye equals that between the 

 latter point and the ear; canthus rostralis rounded; nostril 

 oval, two times nearer the tip of the snout than the orbit; 

 teeth sharp, compressed. Head-scales rather large, those on the 

 temples smallest; a series of 4 — 6 broad, transversely enlarged 

 scales on the supraocular region. Nuchal scales larger than 

 dorsals, flat, smooth, separated from each other. Body covered 

 with moderate, oval, keeled scales. Ventral scales keeled, in 

 74 transverse series. Tail strongly compressed, more than 

 one time and a half the length of head and body, covered with 

 keeled scales; a very low, doubly toothed crest above. Limbs 

 strong, digits moderate. 



Dark brown or black above, dotted with yellow, no trans- 

 verse bands; head lighter, a yellow temporal streak, bordered 

 above with black. Lower parts yellow, throat and anterior part 

 of belly with transverse black bands. Young specimens with 



