440 On a nexo Lizard ayul a new Sualce. 



of tail not extending forward to its base ; lower surface of 

 head and abdomen naked. Brownish, obscurely marbled 

 with blackish, and with a itw small round whitish spots. 



J lab. Japan. 



A single specimen of 580 mm. 



LXVI. — Description of a neio Lizard and a neio Snake from 

 Australia. By G. A. BoULENGER, IT.R.S. 



Varanus Ingrami. 



SimiUvr to V. Gouldii, Gray, but snout shorter, its length 

 less than the distance between the anterior border of the orbit 

 and the anterior border of tlie ear, scales on upper surface of 

 snout, vertex, and occii)ut much larger than those on the 

 supraocular and temporal regions, and caudal scales much 

 larger. The latter are almost tubercular, and form very 

 well-marked wliorls, 7 whorls, in the middle of the tail, corre- 

 sponding to the length of the snout ; the scales on the upper 

 surface of the tail form a double tubercular crest. Pale 

 greyish buff above, with a few dark dots on the head and 

 neck and six irregular, broad, rather darker bands across the 

 body, these bands finely dotted with blackish ; belly whitish, 

 unspotted ; tail with very irregular blackish rings. 



From snout to vent 460 mm. ; tail 540, 



This very distinct species is described from a skin forming 

 part of a small collection of rei)tiles from Alexandria, Northern 

 Territory of the Colony of South Australia, made by Mr. W. 

 Stalker, and presented to the British Museuu) by Sir W. 

 Ingram and the Hon. John Forrest. 



Denisonia Forresti. 



Eye longer than its distance from the mouth. Rostral 

 broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals half 

 as long as the piaifrontals; frontal once and one third as long 

 as broad, twice as broad as the supraocular, as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the 

 parietals ; nasal entire, separated from the single priuocular 

 by the pra^frontal, which forms a suture with the second 

 up))er labial ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2, lower ante- 

 rior wedged in between the lifth and sixth labials ; six upper 

 labials, third and Iburth entering the eye; three lower labials 



