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numerous orange dots on body, limbs and tail; a broad orange 

 streak from the eye through the ear along the neck, continued 

 on the sides of the body and base of tail by a series of round 

 orange spots; black transverse bars on the snout and lips, 

 continued on the chin. Lower parts orange, with black trans- 

 verse bars. Length of head and body 410 mm.; tail 630 mm. 

 Habitat: Togian Islands; Celebes (Macassar!, Tcllo!, Bay 

 of Tomini); Saleyer!. 



8. Varanus kalabeck (Less.). 



Monitor kalabeck^ Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. II 1830, p. 52. 



Monitor kalabeck^ Peters & Doria, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova XIII 1878, p. 332, 



pi. I, fig. 3. 

 Varanns kalabeck^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. II 1885, p. 316. 



Snout obtusely pointed, depressed at the tip, longer than 

 the distance between the anterior corner of the eye and the 

 ear; nostril round, two times nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 orbit; teeth sharp, compressed. Head-scales rather small, the 

 temporal scales smallest; a series of five or six transversely 

 enlarged scales on the supraocular region. Nuchal scales very 

 small, round, flat and widely separated from one another. Body 

 covered with small, keeled scales. Ventral scales small, smooth, 

 in 73 transverse series. Tail compressed, one time and two thirds 

 the length of head and body, a low crest above. Limbs strong; 

 digits long. 



Brown above, with numerous yellow dots, covering i — 4 

 scales; head almost uniform; tail reticulate^ with blackish. 

 Lower parts yellowish, with brown transverse bands. Length 

 of head and body 450 mm.; tail 750 mm. (Not seen by me). 



Habitat: VVaigeu ; New Guinea. 



9. Varanus indicus (Daud.). 



Tupinambis indicus^ Daudin, Kept. Ill 1802, p. 46, pi. XXX. 

 Varanns indicus^ Boulenger, Cat. Liz. II 1885, p. 316 (s. syn.). 



Snout depres-sed at the end, the distance from the tip to 

 the anterior corner of the eye equals that between the latter 

 point and the anterior border of the ear; canthus rostralis 

 rounded; nostril round, a little nearer the tip of the snout 

 than the orbit; teeth sharp, compressed. Head-scales large, 

 those on the snout larger than temporal ones; a series of four 



