88 



and body 89 mm.; tail 130 mm. I examined the specimen in 

 the British Museum. 



Draco affmis, Bartlett, Crocodiles & Liz. Borneo in the 

 Sarawak Museum, Muching 1895 p. 80, similar to Dr. cornutus, 

 but without the large spine above the eye and with a very 

 small gular sac, has not been sufficiently described. 



Habitat: Borneo (Not seen by me). 



2. Aphaniotis Peters. 

 (PETERS, Mon. Ak. Berl. p. 385, 1864). 



Body compressed; limbs very long and slender, fifth toe 

 longer than first. Dorsal scales small, intermixed with larger 

 ones. A dorsal crest. Gular sac only indicated; no gular fold; 

 tympanum hidden. No praeanal or femoral pores. 



Distribution. Malacca; W. Archipelago. 



Key to the Indo- Australian species. 



A. Snout pointed, much longer than diameter of 

 orbit; above the rostral a convex scale, pro- 

 jecting anteriorly I. A. acutirostris, p. 88. 



B. Snout rounded, as long as or slightly longer 

 than diameter of orbit ; two dark bands between 



the eyes 2. A. fusca^ p. 90. 



i. Aphaniotis acutirostris Modigl. 



Aphaniotis acutirostris^ Modigliani, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) VII 1889, 

 p. 115 Tav. I, fig. I. 



Head long, snout pointed, much longer than the diameter 

 of the orbit, with sharp canthus rostralis; tympanum hidden; 

 a small gular sac; head with keeled scales, the scales largest 

 on the middle line, the supraocular region and the occiput. 

 Above the rostral a large scale, convex, directed anteriorly; 

 nostril in a rather large nasal, which is separated from the 

 rostral by a scale. Eight upper and nine lower labials; between 

 the eye and the ear some more enlarged scales. Body com- 

 pressed, long and slender; a slight dorsal crest, composed of 

 small triangular scales anteriorly, gradually decreasing into a 

 serrated ridge. Dorsal scales keeled, somewhat larger than the 



