320 VARANlPiB. 



Var. belli. 



Tlydrosaurus bellii, Gray, Cat. p. 13. 

 Varauus bellii, Dum. ^- Bihr. iii. p. 493, pi. xxxv. 



Black, with a few very broad j'ellowish cross bands, generally 

 black-dotted ; belly uniform yellowish. 



a. Ad.; stuffed. Australia. 



20. Varanus giganteas. 



Hydrosaurus giganteus, Gray, Cat. p. 13. 

 Hydrosaurus giganteus, Gray, Zool. Erebus Sf Terror, Rept., p. 3, 

 pi. iv. 



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

 tip ; the distance from that poiut to the anterior corner of the eye 

 greater than the distance from the latter point to the anterior border 

 of the ear ; canthus rostralis sharp. Kostril oval, more than twice 

 nearer the tip of the snout than the eye. Digits moderate. Tail 

 compressed, keeled above. Scales of head very small, about the size 

 of those on the temples ; supraocular scales much smaller still, 

 granular. Scales of upper surfaces small, oval, keeled. Abdo- 

 minal scales smooth, in one hundred and fifty or one hundred and 

 fifty-five transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled ; the caudal keel 

 with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Brown or blackish above, 

 with large light round spots or ocelli arranged in transverse series 

 on the back and tail ; limbs with smaller round spots ; sides of 

 neck and throat with large blackish reticulations on a light ground ; 

 belly immaculate. 



centim. centim. 



Total length 206 Fore limb 27 



Head . . ." 14 Hind limb 35 



Neck 22 Tail 117 



Body 53 



Australia. 



a. Ad., stuffed. N. coast of Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. (Type.) 



b. Ad., stuffed. Australia. 



21. Varanus gouldii. 



Monitor gouldii, Gray, Cat. p. 12. 

 Hydrosaurus gouldii, CJray, Ann. N. H. i. 1838, p. 394, mid in Grey's 



Trav. Austr. ii. p. 422. 

 Monitor gouldii, Schley. Ahhild. p. 78 ; Gray, Zool. Erebus ^ Terror, 



Rept. pi. iii. ; Peters Sf Boria, Ann. Mus. Genov. xiii. 1878, pi. i. 



fig. 4. 

 Varanus gouldii, A. Dum. Cat. Meth, Rept. p. 52. 



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

 distance from its end to the anterior corner of the eye equalling the 



