1. V.VRANU3. 



317 



Monitor doreanus, Meyrr, Man. licrl. Ac. 1874, p. 130. 



iudicus, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1870, p. 5."U ; Peters ^- Doria, 



Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. 1878, p. 330, pi. i. figs. 1, 2. 



Teeth acute, compressed. Snout depressed at the tip, long, the 

 distance from its end to the anterior corner of the ej'e equalling the 

 distance fi'om the latter point to the anterior border of the ear ; 

 canthus rostralis obtuse. Nostril round, a little nearer the tip of 

 the snout than the eye. Digits rather long. Tail strongly com- 

 pressed, keeled above. Scales of head rather large, much larger on 

 snout and forehead than on temples ; supraocular region with a 

 series of four to six large transversely dilated scales. Scales on 

 upper surface of body and limbs small, oval, keeled ; abdominal 

 scales smooth, in ninety to one hundred and ten transverse rows. 

 Caudal scales keeled ; the caudal ridge with a very low, doubly- 

 toothed crest. Olive-brown or blackish above, dotted all over with 

 yellow ; lower surfaces unifonn yellowish. Young : spots larger, 

 sometimes forming ocelli ; belly frequently with anastomosing 

 blackish lines. 



ceutim. 



Total length 135 



9 



12 



32 



Head 

 Neck 

 Body 



centim. 



Fore limb 17 



Hind limb 22 



Tail 82 



Celebes, Moluccas, Xew Guinea, Polynesia, North Australia. 



a. Hgr., skin. 



b, c. Ad. it yg. 



d. Ad., skin. 



e. Hgr. 



f. Ad., stuffed. 

 y-h. Ad. & hgr. 

 i, Txr-l. Ad. & hgr. 

 in. Ad., stuffed. 

 n-q. Hgr. & yg. 

 r-s. Yg. 



t-u. Ad. & yg. 



V. Yg. 



w. Yg, 



x-y. Ad. 



2. Ad. 



a. Ad., stuffed. 



ii- Yg. 



Celebes. 

 N. Ceram. 

 Timor Laut. 

 N. Guinea. 



Tliaitoro Bay, N. Guinea. 

 Murray Island. 

 C'omwallis Island. 

 Cape York. 

 Duke of York Island. 

 Solomon Islands. 

 Shortlaud Islands. 

 San Christoval. 

 Santa Anna Island. 

 Ke Dolau, Ki Islands. 

 "SYild Islands, Aduuralty. 

 ? 



H. O. Forbes, Esq. [C.l. 

 Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.]. 

 — Couiree, E.>q. [C.]. 

 Rev. S. Macfarlane [C.], 

 Eev. S. Macfarlane [C. 

 Hr. Diimel [C.]. 

 Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 

 G. Kreift, Esq. 



H. B. Guppy, Esq. 

 E. Breuchley, Esq. 

 H. B. Guppy. Esq. 

 ' Challenger ' Exped. 

 ' (!halleuger ' Exped. 

 Paris Museum. 

 Sir ]']. Belcher [P.]. 



P.I 



18. Varaniis niloticus. 



Monitor niloticus, Gnnj, Cat. p. 12. 

 Ilasselq. Jteise naelt I'alitd. p. 3(51 ; Geoffr. l)cscr. Eyypte, Sept. p. 121, 



pi. iii. lig. 1. 

 Lacerta nilotica, IJim. S. A\ i. p. 360 ; ForsJc. T)escr. An. JEf/ypt. 



p. 13. 

 Stt'Uio saurus, Laur. Syn. Pcpt. p. 5G. 

 Lacerta capeusis, Sparnmmn, ]{e.ta t. G. II. p. 71'J. 



