310 



VARAXID^, 



6. Varanus bengalensis, 



Uaranus heraldicus, Gray, Cat. p. 9. 



luuatus, Gray, I. c. p. 10. 



Monitor dractena, Gray, I. c. p. 11. 

 ? Lacerta dracaena, Linn. S. N. i. p. 360 ; Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 218, 



pi. Ixvii. 

 Tupinambis bengalensis, Dated. Rept. iii. p. 67. 

 Varanus guttatus, Merr. Tent. p. 58 ; Lesson, in Belang. Toy. Ind. 

 Or., Itept. p. 308. 



pnnctatus, 3Ierr. I. c. p. 59 ; Less. I. c. p. 309. 



Tupinambis cepedianus, Kithl, Beitr. z. Zool. p. 124. 

 Monitor gemmatus, Giierin, Icon. R. A., Rept. pi. iii. fig. 1. 



heraldicus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 25. 



bengalensis, Gray, I. c. p. 26. 



Varanus bengalensis, Dum. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 480. 



Monitor cepedianus, Schley. Abbild. p. 74. 



? Varanus olivaceus, Hallorv. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1856, p. 150. 



Varanus bibronii, Bbjth, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beny. xi. 1842, p. 869. 



dracsena, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Lid. p. 65, pi. ix. fig. B ; Blanford, 



Jaurn. As. Soc. Benq. xlviii. 1879, p. 120. 

 lunatus, Gunth. I. c. p. 66, pi. ix. fig. C ; Blanf. I. c. pp. Ill, 120. 



Teeth acute, compressed. Snout high, very convex at the end, 

 measuring the distance from the anterior corner of the eye to the 

 ear ; canthus rostralis well marked. Nostril an oblique slit, a little 

 nearer the orbit than the tip of the snout. Ear-opening oblique. 

 Digits strong, moderately elongate. Tail compressed, keeled above. 

 Scales of head small, subequal; supraocular scales smaller, sub- 

 equal. Scales of upper surface of body and limbs small, oval, tecti- 

 form on the hinder part of the back. Abdominal scales smooth, in 

 ninety to one hundred and ten transverse rows. Caudal scales 

 keeled ; the caudal keel with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. 

 Upper surfaces yellowish, brownish, or olive, with more or less 

 numerous blackish dots ; a more or less distinct dark streak on the 

 temple ; lower surfaces yellowish, uniform or dotted with blackish ; 

 these dots most numerous on the throat. Young with numerous 

 whitish ocelli frequently alternating with blackish transverse bands, 

 which may persist after the ocelli have disappeared ( V. lunatus). 



centim. 



Fore limb 23 



Hind limb 29 



Tail 98 



B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 

 East India Comp. [P.]. 

 Kurracbee Mus. [P.]. 

 Secretary of State for India 



[P.]. 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.l. 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 



