312 TAKANID^. 



c. Ad., etuffed India. 



(I. Hgr. Pegu. W. Theobald Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. ? 



8. Varanus grayi. 

 Uaranus ornatus, (nQ7i Daud.) Gray, Cat. p. 10. 



Snout pointed, depressed at the end, slightly shorter than the 

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

 the ear ; canthus rostralis distinct. Nostril oblique, equally distant 

 from the orbit and the end of the snout. Digits long. Tail strongly 

 compressed, keeled above. Scales of head moderate, larger than 

 those on the temples, those between the orbits largest; no transversely 

 dilated supraocular scales. The nine anterior rows of nuchal scales 

 nearly as large as the head-scales, as broad as long, smooth ; the 

 following become gradually smaller and elongate ; dorsal scales 

 small, oval, strongly keeled. Scales on upper face of limbs 

 stronglj' keeled. Abdominal scales keeled, in a hundred trans- 

 verse rows. Caudal scales keeled ; the caudal keel with a very 

 low, doubly-toothed crest. Greenish anteriorly, with broad blackish 

 bands across the upper face of the neck and back, these bands darkest 

 at their borders ; hinder part of back, tail and hind limbs olive- 

 brown, dotted with greenish ; a few blackish spots on the upper 

 face of the head, and a blackish temporal streak, commencing from 

 the eye. 



oentim. centim. 



Total length 54-6 Fore limb 7-9 



Head 4-G Hind limb 10-5 



Neck 5 Tail 32 



Body 13 



Philippines. 



a. Yg. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



9. Varanus dumerilii. 



Uaranus dumerilii, Gray, Cat. p. 10. 

 Monitor dumerilii, {Milller) Schley. Ahhild. p. 78 ; Midler 8f Schley. 



l^crh. Kcdwl. Gesch. Nederl. ov. L'ezi'tt., Hqyt. p. 44, pi. vi. 

 "Varanus macrolepis, Blanford, Journ. As. Soc. £eny. 1. 1881, p. 239, 

 pi. xvi. 



Teeth acute, compressed. Snout depressed at the end, measuring 

 a little more than the distance from the anterior border of the orbit 

 to the anterior border of the ear ; canthus rostralis not well marked. 

 Nostril oblique, about twice nearer the orbit than the tip of the 

 snout. Digits moderate. Tail strongly compressed, keeled above. 

 Scales of head moderate, subequal ; those in the middle of the supra- 

 ocular region slightly enlarged transversely. Scales on upper surface 

 of neck very large, about as broad as long, flat, the hindermost 

 slightly keeled ; dorsal scales large, oval, keeled ; scales above the 

 limbs keeled. Abdominal scales slightly keeled, in seventy -five to 



