310 VARANIDE. 
6, Varanus bengalensis. 
Uaranus heraldicus, Gray, Cat. p. 9. 
lunatus, Gray, 7. c. p. 10. 
Monitor dracena, Gray, /.c. p. 11. we 
? Lacerta dracsena, Linn. S. N. i. p. 360; Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 218, 
pl. Ixvii. ; 
Tupinambis bengalensis, Daud. Rept. iii. p. 67. 
Varanus guttatus, Merr. Tent. p. 58; Lesson, in Bélang. Voy. Ind. 
Or., Rept. p. 308. 
punctatus, Merr, Jc. p. 69; Less. i. v. p. 809. 
Tupinambis cepedianus, Awhl, Beitr. z. Zool. p. 124. 
Monitor gemmatus, Guérin, Icon. R. A., Rept. pl. iii. fig. 1. 
heraldicus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 26. 
bengalensis, Gray, J. ¢. p. 26. 
Varanus bengalensis, Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 480. 
Monitor cepedianus, Schley. Abbild. p. 74. 
? Varanus olivaceus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad, 1856, p. 150. 
Varanus bibronii, Blyth, Jown. As. Soc. Beng. xi. 1842, p. 869. 
draceena, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 65, pl. ix. fig. B ; Blanford, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xviii. 1879, p. 120. 
lunatus, Giinth. lc. p. 66, pl. ix. fig. C; Blanf. le. pp. 111, 120. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout high, very convex at the end, 
measuring the distance from the anterior corner of the eye to the 
ear; canthus rostralis well marked. Nostril an oblique slit, a little 
nearer the orbit than the tip of the snout. Ear-opening oblique. 
Digits strong, moderately elongate. Tail compressed, keeled above. 
Scales of head small, subequal; supraocular scales smaller, sub- 
equal. Scales of upper surface of body and limbs small, oval, tecti- 
form on the hinder part of the back. Abdominal scales smooth, in 
ninety to one hundred and ten transverse rows. Caudal scales 
keeled; the caudal keel with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. 
Upper surfaces yellowish, brownish, or olive, with more or less 
numerous blackish dots; a more or less distinct dark streak on the 
temple; lower surfaces yellowish, uniform or dotted with blackish ; 
these dots most numerous on the throat. Young with numerous 
whitish ocelli frequently alternating with blackish transverse bands, 
which may persist after the ocelli have disappeared (V. lunatus). 
centim. centim. 
Total length ...... 171 Fore limb ........ 23 
Head i ncieaeseaes 10 Hind limb........ 29 
NOCE pecs vagy 14 Pail vane eves es 98 
BOY a sees ee bee 49 
India. 
a,b,c. Ad., stuffed. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 
d-e. Yg. N. India. East India Comp. [P.]. 
jf. Ugr. Kurrachee Kurrachee Mus, [P.]. 
g-h. Ad. & yg Kuirachee. Secretary of State for India 
P.}, 
i-k, Her. & yg. Ajmere. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.}. 
1, Her. Agra. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
