1. VARANUS. 311 
m, Her., stuffed. Sultanpore. 
np. Ye. Benares. Dr. Sayer [P.]. 
q. Her. Deccan. Col. Sykes rt 
r, Hor, Godavery Valley. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
s. Yo, Matheran. Dr. Leith [C.]. 
t. Ye. Goozerat. Dr. Leith [C.]. 
u,v. Ye Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
w. Yg. Ceylon. Dr, Kelaart. 
a. Ye. Ceylon, Sir E. Tennant [P.]. 
y, 2 Ad. & yg India. East India Comp. [P.]. 
a, Yg. India. W. Masters, Esq. [P}. 
B,y, 5,6, 6 Ye. India. 
n, 9,1, kA, pv. Ad, India. 
her. & yg., stuffed. 
é. fe, stuffed. India. (Type of V. lunatus.) 
o. Her., stutted. P Dr. Shortt. 
a. Copulatory claspers. (Cf J. E. Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) vii. 
p. 283.) 
7. Varanus nebulosus. 
Uaranus nebulosus, Gray, Cat. p. 10. 
Monitor nebulosus, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 27. 
Varanus nebulosus, Dum. § Libr. iii. p. 483, pl. xxxy. figs. 2, 3; 
Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 66, pl. ix. fig. D, 
Monitor nebulatus, Schley, Abdild. p. 75. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout rather elevated, pointed, convex, 
measuring the distance from the anterior corner of the eye to the 
posterior border of the ear; canthus rostralis distinct. Nostril an 
oblique slit, twice nearer the orbit than the end of the snout. Ear- 
opening oblique. Digits moderately elongate. Tail compressed, 
keeled above. Scales of head small, subequal; supraocular region 
with a series of four to seven transversely dilated scales. Scales on 
upper surfaces small, oval, obtusely keeled, those on anterior part of 
neck larger, subcircular, not keeled. Abdominal scales smooth, in 
about eighty transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled; the caudal 
keel with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Greenish or brownish 
olive, irregularly marbled and dotted with darker and lighter ; chin 
and throat with transverse blackish bands or marbled with blackish. 
The young have numerous yellowish ocelli on the back, limbs, and 
base of tail, and the whole of the lower surfaces marbled with 
blackish ; nape with two posteriorly directed, chevron-shaped black- 
ish bands, the anterior proceeding from the eyes. 
centim. ; centim, 
Total length ...... 95 Fore limb ........ 115 
Head ¢e.s40% 0400 0% 6 Hind limb........ 14 
NéGki vee ee ates ae 8 Daal, aseaacua stead 60 
Bodysave ire paks 21 
Bengal; Burma; Siam. 
Her. N. India. 
, East India Comp. [P.]. 
Bi Yg. India, : 
