1. VARANUS. 809 
V. ocellatus. Sixty to seventy transverse rows of abdominal scales. 
Markings as in V. albigularis. 
West Africa. 
a, Ad., stuffed. W. Africa. 
b. Hegr., stuffed. Senegal. 
ec. Yg. Gambia. Capt. Moloney [P.]. 
d. Her. Cape (?). 
e. Ad, P 
Ff. Anatomical preparation. (Cf. Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 60.) 
5. Varanus flavescens. 
Empagusia flavescens, Gray, Cat. p. 9. 
Monitor flavescens, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 25, and Ind. Zool. 
ee picquotii, Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 485. 
Empagusia flayescens, Gray, Ann. N. H. i. 1838, p. 893. 
Monitor exanthematicus, var. B, Sehleg. Abbild. p. 71. 
Varanus flayescens, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 65, pl. ix. fig. A. 
Teeth subconical, scarcely compressed. Snout short, convex, 
measuring a little less than the distance from the anterior border of 
the orbit to the anterior border of the ear ; canthus rostralis distinct. 
Nostril an oblique slit, a little nearer the end of the snout than the 
orbit. Digits short, the length of the fourth toe, measured from its 
articulation with the tarsus to the base of the claw, not exceeding 
the length of the femur. Tail feebly compressed, keeled above, 
Scales of head small, subequal; the median series of supraocular 
scales slightly dilated transversely. Scales on upper surfaces mode- 
rate, oval, keeled. Abdominal scales smooth, in sixty-five to 
seventy-five transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled; the caudal keel 
with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Olive or yellowish brown 
above, with irregular darker markings which are generally con- 
fluent into broad cross bars; a blackish temporal streak; lower 
surfaces yellowish, with rather indistinct brown cross bars, which 
are most distinct on the throat. Young dark brown above, with 
yellow spots confluent into cross bars; lower surfaces yellow, with 
dark brown cross bars. 
centim. centim. 
Total length ...... 92 Fore limbo. occ. a.5 105 
Head signs ot eee i Hind limb........ 13 
Neck: wgvaves ocats 8 Pal. sree indarednen?s 51 
Bod yt ie deta ae Sede 26 
Northern India; Burma; Malay Peninsula. 
a,b, Ad., stuffed. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.}. 
c,d. Ad., stuffed. India. ; : 
e. Ye. India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
f. ligr. India. 
