1. VARANU3. 



311 



tn. Hpfi-., stuffed. 



n-p. Yg. 



q. Ilgr. 



r. Hgr. 



s. Yg. 



t. Yg. 



u, V. Yg. 



to. Yg. 



Ad. & yg, 



X. Y 



a. Yg. 



^,y,fi,e, f. Yg. 

 T],e,i,K,X,fi,v. Ad., 



Ilgr. it yg., stuHed. 

 f Hgr., stuffed. 

 o. Hgr., stuffed. 

 TT. Copufatorv claspers. 



p. 283.) 



Sultaupore. 



Benares. 



Deccan. 



Godavery Valley. 



Matlieran. 



Goozerat. 



Anaiuallays. 



Cej'lou. 



Ceylon. 



India. 



India. 



India. 



India. 



India. 



Ur. Saver [P.l. 



Col. Svkes [P.]. 



W. T.^Blanford, Esq.[P.]. 



Dr. Leith [C.]. 



Dr. Leith rC.]. 



Col. Beddome [C.]. 



Dr. Kelaart. 



Sir E. Tennant [P.]. 



East India Conip. [P.]. 



W. Masters, Esq. [P]. 



(Type of V. lunatus.) 

 Dr. Sliortt. 



(Cy. J. E. Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) vii. 



7. Varaniisnebulosus. 



Uarauus nebulosus, Grai/, Cat. p. 10. 

 Monitor nebulosus, Gray, Grijf. A. K. ix. <S'//«. p. 27. 

 Varanus nebulosus, Dion. ^ Bibr. iii. p. 483, pi. xxxv. figs. 2, 3 j 



Giinth. Rej^t. Brit. Lid. p. 60, pi. ix. fig. D. 

 Monitor nebulatus, Schlvg. Abhild. p. 75. 



Teeth acute, compressed. Snout rather elevated, pointed, convex, 

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

 posterior border of the ear ; canthus rostralis distinct. Nostril an 

 oblique slit, twice nearer the orbit than the end of the snout. Ear- 

 opening oblique. Digits moderately elongate. Tail compressed, 

 keeled above. Scales of head small, subequal ; supraocular region 

 with a series of four to seven transversely dilated scales. Scales on 

 upper surfaces small, oval, obtusely keeled, those on anterior part of 

 neck larger, subcircular, not keeled. Abdominal scales smooth, in 

 about eighty transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled ; the caudal 

 keel with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Greenish or brownish 

 olive, irregularly marbled and dotted with darker and lighter ; chin 

 and throat with transverse blackish bands or marbled with blackish. 

 The young have numerous yellowish ocelli on the back, limbs, and 

 base of tail, and the whole of the lower sxirfaces marbled with 

 blackish ; nape with two posteriorly directed, chevron-shaped black- 

 ish bands, the anterior proceeding from the eyes. 



centini. 



Total length U5 



Head 6 



Neck 8 



Body 21 



Bengal ; Burma : Siam. 



a. 

 b. 



ur. 



H 



N. India. 

 India. 



centim. 



Foro limb 115 



Hind limb 14 



Tail GO 



East India Conip. [P.]. 



