316 VARANTDiE. 



14. Varanus cumingii. 



Varanus cumiugi, Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 69. 

 Hydrosaurus cumingii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 145, pi. vii. 



Also a very close ally of V. salvator. Distinguished in having 

 the nuchal scales larger than the dorsal, and the scales on the occiput 

 larger, less numerous. The colour and markings of the young 

 much as in V. sahator, but the belly transversely barred with black. 

 In the adult, the ground colour of the head and back is generally 

 yellowish ; more or less distinct transverse dark bands are seen on 

 the head, but they do not extend down to the lips ; a -well-marked 

 black temporal band ; the neck is marbled, and the back transversely 

 barred with black ; limbs black, yellow-spotted ; tail with black 

 annuli, which are interrupted interiorly ; lower surfaces yellowish, 

 belly with traces of the cross bands so distiact in the young. 



Philippines. 



a. Ad., skin. Mindanao. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 

 b-e. Ad. & yg. Placer, N.E. Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. [0.]. 

 d-e. Yg. Butuan, A. Everett, Esq. [C. 



/. Ad. Zamboanga. A. Everett, Esq. [C.j. 



ff. Ad. ? A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



15. Varanus togianus. 



Monitor (Hydrosaurus) togianus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 582. 



Differs from V. salvator in the larger scales, there being only 

 seventy-four transverse rows of abdominals, and the greater longi- 

 tudinal development of the supraocular scales. Black, yellow-dotted, 

 without a trace of transverse bands or ocelli, even on the tail : lower 

 surfaces yellow, with transverse black bands on the throat and breast, 

 becoming indistinct on the belly. 



Togian Islands, Celebes. 



16. Varanus kalabeck. 



Monitor kalabeck, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. 52; Peters ^• 

 Do)'ia, Ann. 3Ius. Genov. xiii. 1878, p. 3o2, pi. i. tig. 3. 



Closely allied to V. indicus. Snout longer ; nostril relatively 

 nearer the tip of the snout. Head-scales rather smaller. Nuchal 

 scales very small, keeled, separated by very wide interspaces. 



Waigiou Island. 



17. Varanus indicus. 



Monitor chlorostigma. Gray, Cat. p. 12. 

 Tupinambis indicus, Daucl. Itept. iii. p. 46, pi. xxx. 

 Monitor douarrha, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. 53. 

 Varanus chlorostigma (C«i'.), Dnm. 8f Bibr. iii. p. 489. 

 Monitor chlorostigma, Schley. Abbild. p. 75, pi. xxii. fig. 6 ; Miill. 8f 



Scldeg. Verh. Naturl. Gesch. ov. Bezitt., Kept. p. 40 ; Doria, Ann. 



Mus. Genov. vi. p. 331. 



