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35. Varawus NEBUiiOsus, Gray. 



Varanus nehulosiis, Cantor, p. 27 ; Giinther, Eept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 66, pi. ix. fig. D ; Boul. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 311. 



Cantor obtained one specimen' in the hills of Penang ; there are 

 in the British Museum three specimens from Malacca from 

 Mr. Hervey. 



Hab. Bengal, Burma, Siam, and Malay Peninsula. 



36. Varanus rudicollis, Gray. 



Varanus rudicoUis, Boul. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 313. 

 There is a specimen in the British Museum from Malacca from 

 Mr. Hervey. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines. 



37. Varanus salvatoe, Laur. 



Ili/drosaums salvator, Giinther, Eept. Brit. Lid. p. 67, pi. ix. 

 fig.E. 



Varanus salvator, Cantor, p. 29 ; Boul. Cat. Liz. ii. p. 314 ; 

 Boul. Fauna Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 166 (head fig. p. 162). 



Cantor says, " This species is very numerous both in hilly and 

 marshy localities ; Malayan Peninsula and Pinang." Stoliczka 

 found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province 

 WeUesley. Dr. Blanford found it in the collection he got from 

 Dr. Dennys from Singapore. I saw many of these Lizards on the 

 Kedah river in April 1895, and obtained one from Blakan Mati, 

 Singapore, in January 1896. The English in India and the Straits 

 Settlements call them " Iguana," and the Malays " Beyawh." 

 The Chinese prize them highly for the supposed medicinal pro- 

 perties of the heart, liver, etc. These Lizards are generally infested 

 with ticks, much resembling one of their scales in size and colour. 

 A great part of their food seems to consist of the small crabs 

 which abound on the mud of the mangrove swamps. In life they 

 are very handsomely marked — black and bright yellow. The 

 largest specimen obtained I shot in the Gunong Gajah tributary 

 of the Kedah river. It was a male — Total length 2362 mm. ; head 

 and body 1041 ; tail 1321 ; girth behind forearms 470 ; girth 

 round stomach 684. It is now mounted in the Eeptile Gallery of 

 the British Museum. 



Hab. Nepaul, Ceylon, China, Siam, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, Cape York. 



Family SoiNOiDyE. 



38. MaDUIA NOVEMCAllINATA, And. 



Mahuia nouemcarinata, Boul. Cat. Liz. iii. p. 179. 



This species was discovered by Dr. Anderson in Burma. It 

 can now be added to the list of Malayan reptiles, as I caught a 

 specimen near " the Crag," Penang Hill, elevation 2200 ft., in March 



