264 AGAJIID^. 



a. S • Philippines. Mr. Cuming [0.]. (Type.) 



b-g. 6 $ • Dinagat Island. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



12. Draco lineatus. 



Dracunculus lineatus, Gray, Cat. p. 235. 

 Draco lineatus, Daud. Rept. iii. p. 298 ; Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. u. Vergl. 



Anat p. 102 ; Dum. <§• Bihr. iv. p. 459 ; Schleg. Abbild. p. 93, 



pi. xxiv. fig. 5 ; Giinth, Bejjt. Brit. Bid. p. 124. 



amboinensis, Lesson, III. Zool. pi. xxxviii. 



Dracunculus lineatus, Wiegm. Herp. Mex. p. 14, and Nova Acta Ac. 



Leop. Carol, xvii. i. 1835, p. 217. 

 Dracontoidis lineatus, Fitz. Syst. JEtept. p. 61. 



Head rather small ; snout as long as, or slightly longer than, the 

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

 usually scaly. Upper head-scales very unequal, keeled ; five to 

 eight upper labials. The male's gular appendage shorter than the 

 head. Male with a slight nuchal crest. Dorsal scales subequal, feebly 

 keeled, not larger than ventrals ; no lateral series of enlarged scales. 

 The fore limb stretched forwards extends beyond the tip of the 

 snout ; the adpressed hind limb reaches the axil or a little beyond. 

 Brown or olive above, with lighter spots and undulated cross bands: 

 wing-membranes above dark brown, or with dark brown and light 

 cross bands, constantly with white longitudinal lines ; throat and 

 sides of neck with wide-meshed dark network enclosing round light 

 spots. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Head 17 „ 



Width of head 11 „ 



Body 65 „ 



Fore limb ; . . . . 37 „ 



Hind limb 47 „ 



Tail 158 „ 



Moluccas ; Celebes ; Java. 



a. (S . Amhoyna. Leyden Museum. 



b-c. 2 ' Mysol. 



d-g, h-h. cJ 2 . N. Ceram, 



l-o. S2- Java. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



p. S ' Java. 



13. Draco beccarii. 



Draco beccarii, Peters 8f Doria, Ann. Mm. Genov. xiii. 1878, p. 373. 



Nostril lateral ; tympanum scaly. The male's gular appendage 

 nearly as long as the head. Nuchal crest rudimentary. Dorsal scales 

 small, feebly keeled; no lateral series of enlarged scales. The 

 adpressed hind limb reaches the axil. Olive-green above, irregularly 

 marbled with darker ; a quadrangular black nuchal spot ; wing- 



