KB AGO. 03 



very small, keeled, subequal on snout; 11 to 15 more or less 

 distinctly keeled upper labials. Gular appendage of male much 

 longer than head, covered with moderate scales, of female small. 

 JSTo nuchal fold or crest. Dorsal scales equal, smooth or feebly 

 keeled, a little smaller tliau ventrals ; a lateral series of a few 

 distaut enlarged keeled scales. Foi'e limb extending far beyond 

 tip of snout, hind limb reaching axilla or not quite so far. Brown 

 above, with more or less distinct darker marblings or irreo-ular 

 cross-bauds; wiug-membranes black above, with rich yellow spots, 

 colourless beneath ; breast, and often also belly, with brown 

 spots ; gular appendage of male black, of female grey. 



From snout to vent 80 millim.; tail 145. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, jS'atuna Islands, Borneo. 



Originally described from Malacca. I have since examined 

 specimens from Bukit Besar, Patani States, Kuala Lumpur, and 

 Kelantan. Next to D. volans it is the commonest species in the 

 Peninsula and takes its place in jungle country. 



61. Draco quinquefasciatus. 



Gray, Zool. Journ. iii, p. 219 (1827) ; Giinth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 126 

 (18(;4); Bouleng. Cat. Liz. i, p. 269, pi. xx, tig. 8 (1885) • id 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) viii, p. 288 (1891). 



Head small ; snout as long as or longer than diameter of orbit • 

 nostril vertical, directed upwards ; tympanum scaly. Upper head- 

 scales very small, subequal, keeled; 11 to 15 more or less distinctly 

 keeled upper labials. Gular appendage of male much longer tliau 

 head, covered with small scales, of female very short. A slight 

 nuchal fold in the male. Dorsal scales equal, smooth or feebly 

 keeled, not larger than ventrals ; a more or less distinct lateral 

 series of distant enlarged scales. Fore limb extending more or 

 less beyond tip of snout, hind limb to elbow of adpressed fore 

 limb or a little beyond. JVo caudal crest. Reddish-brown above, 

 usually dotted all over with darker; Ming -membranes red 

 above, with five regular curved black bands as broad as the brifht 

 interspaces between them, inferiorly with or without much 

 narrower black bands occupying the same position ; the dark 

 bands of the wing-membranes may extend across the body; a 

 black band across the neck, behind the gular appendage ; throat 

 grey, dotted with brown. 



From snout to vent 105 millim. ; tail 160. 



Malay Peninsula and Borneo. First discovered in Penang ; 

 has since been recorded from Selangor by Dr. Hanitsch. I have 

 examined specimens from near Kuala Lum])ur in Selangor, and 

 from Kelantan. Occurs also in the Butang Islands aud Trang. 



62. Draco maximus. 



Bouleng. P. Z. S. 1903, p. 522, pi. xlii, fig. 1 ; Robinson, .Tourn. 

 Straits Branch Asiat. Soc. No. 44. p. 223 (1905). 



Head small ; snout as lou;^ as diameter of orbit : nostril 



