478 G. A. BOULENGER 
which foreshadows the parachute of the Dragons, and is not 
without analogy to the “ hood ,, of the Cobra. 
VARANIDA. 
18. Varanus nebulosus, Gray. 
Thagatà Juwa. 
19. Varanus salvator, Laur. 
Kaw-ka-riet. 
SCINCIDA. 
20. Mabuia multifasciata, Kuut. 
Thagata Juwa; Meetan; Kaw-ka-riet. 
21. Mabuia macularia, BLyTH. 
Thagatà Juwa. 
In some of the specimens (males) the hind limb reaches the 
elbow, and I therefore no longer think it advisable to separate 
M.. brevis Gthr., from. M. macularia. 
22. Lygosoma zebratum, sp. n. 
Section Hinulia. Habit lacertiform ; the distance between the 
end of the snout and the fore limb is contained once and a 
half to once and three fifths in the distance between axilla and 
groin in the adult, scarcely more than once in the young. Snout 
short, obtuse; loreal region nearly vertical. Lower eyelid scaly. 
Nostril pierced between a nasal and a postnasal; no supranasal; 
rostral convex, forming a suture with the frontonasal, which is 
broader than long and forms a narrow suture with the frontal ; 
latter shield as long as frontoparietals and parietals together, in 
contact with the first and second, or first, second, and third supra- 
ocular; four large supraoculars, followed by two very small ones; 
first supraocular longer than second; ten or eleven supraciliaries, 
first largest; frontoparietals distinct, subequal, or former a little 
larger than latter; parietals forming a short suture behind the 
interparietal ; enlarged nuchals absent or one pair only; fifth 
and sixth upper labials largest and below the eye. Ear-opening 
oval, smaller than the eye-opening; no auricular lobules. 30 or 
