286 CKOCODILID^. 



Crocodilus bumbifrous, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. o9 (1844) ; Huxley, Journ. 



Linn. Soc. iv. p. 13 (18G0). 

 Eombifrons tiigonops, Grai/, Ann. (^- May. N. H. (.''>)x. p. 2G9 (1802). 

 indicus, Gray, Trails. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 140, fips., pi. xxxi. fio-s 



1-3 (1867), ami Cat. S/i. licpt. ii. p. 9 (1872). 



19 upper teeth on each side. Snout once and one third to once 

 and a half as long as broad at the base ; head rough but without 

 any ridges ; mandibular symphysis extending to the level of the 

 fourth or fifth tooth ; prcTmaxillo-maxillary suture, on the palate, 

 transverse, nearly straight, or curved forwards ; nasal bones separa- 

 ting the proomaxillarics above. Four large nuchals forming a square, 

 with a smaller one on each side ; two pairs of smaller nuchals on a 

 transverse series behind the occiput. Dorsal shield well separated 

 from the nuchal, the scutes usually in four, rarely in six, longitu- 

 dinal series, those of the two median usually considerably broader 

 than long; IG or 17 transverse series. Scales on limbs keeled. 

 Fingers webbed at the base; outer toes extensively webbed. A 

 serrated fringe on the outer edge of the leg. Adult blackish olive 

 above, young pale olive, dotted and spotted with black. 



The largest specimen in the Collection measures 3 metres. 



India, Ceylon, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



a. Ad., stifd. Eiver Jumna, near Major Kamptie [P.]. 



Mutlira. 

 h. Ilgr., siffd. Eiver Eaptee. 



c. Yg., stffd. Gauges. Dr. Saver rP.1. 



d. Yg., stfFd. Madras. 



e. Yg., siffd. India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.], (Type 



of C. tri'/o?iops.) 



f. Yg., stffd. India. Gen. Harckicke [P.]. 



ff. Ad., skull. India. Capt. Oriel [P.]. I (Types of 



//. Ad., skull. India. Mus. Asiat. Soc. > ('. boon- 



Bengal. ) hifrons.) 



i. Ad., skull. India. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 



/.-. Ilgr., skull. India. Sir J. E. Boileau [P.]. 



/. Ad:, skull. India. ' 



m. IlgT., skull. Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart [P.]. 



n. Yg., sttld. Singapore. 



0, p. Yg., stffd. ? 



9. Crocodilus robustus. 



Crocodilus robustus, Vaill. S,- Grand. C. R. Ac. Sc. Ixxv. p. 150 

 (1872); Vaill. C. H. Ac. Sr. xcvii. p. 1081 (1883). 



19 upper teeth on each side. Habit stout. Snout short, obtuse ; 

 pra?maxillo-maxillary suture, on the palate, transverse, rectilinear. 

 Four anterior nuchal scutes in a transverse series ; a nuchal shield 

 composed of six scutes on two rows, well separated from the dorsal 

 shield : latter composed of six scutes in a transverse row on the 

 middle of the body. Outer toes webbed to the claw. Cnemial 

 fringe present. 



Ileaches a length of 10 metns. 



Interior of Madagascar. 



