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AGAMTD^. 



1. Draco volaus. 



Draco volans, Gray, Cat, p. 233. 

 Draco volans, Linn. S. N. i. p, 358 ; Latr. Bept. ii. p. 3 ; Cantor, Cat. 



Mai. Rept. p. 37 ; Gunth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 124 ; Stoliczka, Journ. 



As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 182. 



praepos, Linn. I. c. 



major, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 50. 



minor, Laur. I. c. p. 51. 



viridis, Daud. Rept. iii. p. 301, pi. xli. ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. u. 



Vergl. Anat. p. 102 ; Schley. Abbild. p. 89, pi. xxiv. fig. 1. 



fuscus, Daud. I. c. p. 307 ; Kuhl, I. c. 



daudinii, Dum. 8f Bibr. iv. p. 451. 



Head small ; snout stort, as long as, or scarcely longer than, the 

 diameter of the orbit ; nostril lateral, directed outwards ; tympanum 

 naked, smaller than the eye-opening. Upper head-scales verj' un- 

 equal, strongly keeled ; a more or less distinct A-shaped series of 

 enlarged scales on the forehead ; a small subconical tubercle at the 

 posterior corner of the orbit ; seven to ten upper labials, the last 

 twice or thrice as large as the preceding. The male's gular appendage 

 longer than the head. Male with a small nuchal crest. Dorsal 

 scales irregular, keeled, the largest at least twice as large as the 

 ventrals ; on each side of the back a series of enlarged keeled 

 distant scales. The fore limb stretched forwards extends beyond 

 the tip of the snout; the adpressed hind limb reaches the elbow of 

 the adpressed fore limb or not quite so far. Upper surfaces metallic, 

 with small dark spots and undulated cross bands ; a black spot between 

 the orbits and another on the nape ; wing-membranes orange, with 

 black marblings or irregular cross bands; throat speckled with 

 black ; gular appendage orange in the male, bluish in the female. 



Total length '. 210 millim. 



Head 15 „ 



Width of head 11 „ 



Body 70 „ 



Fore limb 30 „ 



Hind limb 36 „ 



TaU 125 „ 



Malay peninsula ; Sumatra ; Java ; Borneo. 



a-c, d. c?,$, & yg. Penang. Dr. Cantor. 



e. cJ. Singapore. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



f-i. c? $ . Nias. Hr. H. Sandemann [CI. 



k,l. $ . Sumatra. H. 0. Forbes, Esq. [0.]. 



m. ? . Java. J. B. Jukes, Esq.TP.l 



n-q. c? , ? ) & yg- Java- C. Bowring, Esq. [P.J. 



r. 2 ' Java. Dr. Ploem [C.]. 



g. (J . Java. Leyden Museum. 



t. Several spec. : c? $ ■ Java. 



u. $ . Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



v~x. d", $ , & hgr. Borneo. Rev. R. T. Lowe [P.]. 



y-2, a-/3. d 2 • Borneo. 



y, 8-(. (S . l-«ist Indies. East-India Company. 



(. Skeleton. East Indies. 



