636 ME. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 



2. There are three equal-sized enlarged shields over the first 



three upper vshielrls. 



3. The ear-opening is not subcircular, but a triangular long slit 



with the apex pointing downwards. 



4. No enlarged tubercles on the back. 



5. The c? has 38 pores in all, 10 praeanal arranged in a chevron, 



and 14 femoral on each side, with an interval of 8 ordinary 

 scales separating them. Boulenger describes P. homalo- 

 cephalum as having " an angular series of about 25 praeanal 

 pores." 



6. The ground-colour is reddish brown throughout, several 



broad distinct black cross-bands on the back and tail. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula and some islands of the Archipelago. 



Family Agamid^. 



49. Dbaco volans L. 



Draco volans, Cantor, p. 38 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 256 ;, 

 S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 868. 



" Chichak terbang " or " Kubin " of the Malays (apud Cantor). 



The common Plying Lizard is known from Kedah, Penang, 

 Province Wellesley, the Diudings, Malacca, and Singapore. 



Size. Two males caught in Penang in 1898 measured : — 



Total length 199 mm. (snt. to vnt. 80 ; tail 119). 

 „ „ 235 mm. ( „ „ 78; „ 127). 



Hah. Malay Peninsula (extending into Lower Siam), Sumatra, 

 Nias, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Java, Borneo. 



50. Draco maoulatus Cantor. 



Draco maculatus, Cantor, p. 39 ; Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 262. 



Draco liaasii, Boettger, Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 429. 



The Spotted Plying Lizard was obtained by Cantor in the hills 

 of Penang, and by M. Mouhofc in Pacheboue and Cambodia. 



D. liaasii was founded on two lizards obtained by the late 

 Dr. Erich Haase on the trunks of trees near the Phrachadee of 

 Kau Sabap, Chanlaboon, Siam. The type specimen is now in 

 the Prankfort Museum, and the second in the British Museum. 

 Mr. Boulenger writes that he does " not consider it to be speci- 

 fically distinct from D. maculatus." 



Hah. Assam, Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Pulo Condore, Malav 

 Peninsula. 



51. Draco fimbriatus Kuhl. 



Draco jimhriatus, Blgr. Cat. Liz. i. p. 265. 

 Only two specimens are recorded from the Straits Settlements 

 {vide P. Z. S. 1896, p. 870). 

 Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



