1. VARANU3. 



315 



lips, and continued across the chin ; a black temporal band, com- 

 mencing from the eye and bordered by a yellow baud which some- 

 times extends along the side of the neck ; lower surfaces yellow. 

 The markings most accentuated in the young. 



centim. centim. 



Total length 220 Fore limb 30 



Head IG Hind limb 34 



Neck 23 Tail (injured) 142 



Body 62 



East Indies to Cape York. 



a. Ilgr. China. J. Lindsay, Esq. [P.]. 



h. Ilgr., stuffed. Nepal. B. PI. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



c. Ad., stuffed. Ceylon. 



d. Ad., stuffed. Tenasserim. Dr. Packman [P.]. 



e. Yg. Siam. C. Bowrino-, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Ad., stuffed. Sumatra. Sir S. Raffles [P.]. 

 (j-h. Ad., skins. Sumatra. H. O. Forbes, Esq. [C.]. 

 i. Hgr. Java. 



kA. Yg. Java. G. Lyon, Esq. [P]. 



m. Hgr. Borneo. 



«-o, p. Yg. Borneo. L. L. Dillwyn, Esq. [P.]. 



(/, r. Ad., stuffed. Cataguan, Philippines. 



s. HgT. Celebes. Leyden Museum. 



t. Ad. Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



u. Hgr. Somerset, Cape York. ' Challenger ' Exped. 



2), to, X. Hgi'., stuffed. . ? 



y- Yg. — ? 



z. Skeleton, ? 



13. Varanus nuchalis. 



Hydrosaurus nuchalis, Gilnth. I'roc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 145, pi. viii., 



aud 1873, p. 1G5. 

 marmoratus, {non Wiegm.) Giinth. I. c. 1873, p. 1G5. 



Agrees in every respect with Y. salvator, except in having the 

 nuchal scales very large, larger than the scales on the head, distant 

 from one another, frequently intermixed with smaller ones ; these 

 large scales are flat and arranged in eight to twelve longitudinal 

 series. The colour agrees with that of V. salvator, but the young 

 have the belly reticulated with blackish ; this reticulation becomes 

 less distinct in the adult. 



Philippines. 



Philippines. 



a. Ad., skiu. 



b. Yg. 



c. Hgr. 



d-e,f. Ad. & hgr. 

 f/-h. Ad. & vg. 

 'i. Ad. 



7c, I. Ad., stuffed. 

 in. Ad., stuffed. 



Philippines. 

 Philippines. 

 Negros. 

 S. Negros. 

 Luzon. 



Cataguan. 



v 



H. J. Veitch, Esq. [P.], 



(Type.) 

 Ilr. Salmin [C.]. 

 A. Everett, Esq. [0.1. 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer [C. . 

 A. Everett, Esq. "C. 

 Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.l. 

 H. Cuming, Esq. [Cj. 

 Zoological Society. 



