812 VARANIDA, 
ce, Ad, stuffed India. 
d, Her. Pegu. W. Theobald Esq. [P.]. 
e. Ad. P 
8. Varanus grayi. 
Uaranus ornatus, (non Daud.) Gray, Cat. p. 10. 
Snout pointed, depressed at the end, slightly shorter than the 
distance from the anterior corner of the eye to the anterior border of 
the ear; canthus rostralis distinct. Nostril oblique, equally distant 
from the orbit and the end of the snout. Digitslong. Tail strongly 
compressed, keeled above. Scales of head moderate, larger than 
those on the temples, those between the orbits largest; no transversely 
dilated supraccular scales. The nine anterior rows of nuchal scales 
nearly as large as the head-scales, as broad as long, smooth; the 
following become gradually smaller and elongate; dorsal scales 
small, oval, strongly keeled. Scales on upper face of limbs 
strongly keeled. Abdominal scales keeled, in a hundred trans- 
verse rows. Caudal scales keeled; the caudal keel with a very 
low, doubly-toothed crest. Greenish anteriorly, with broad blackish 
bands across the upper face of the neck and back, these bands darkest 
at their borders; hinder part of back, tail and hind limbs olive- 
brown, dotted with greenish ; a few blackish spots on the upper 
face of the head, and a blackish temporal streak, commencing from 
the eye. 
centim. ceatim. 
Total length ...... 54:6 Fore limbic. coe “79 
Head a cies vies a 4:6 Hind limb........ 10°5 
Neck avesgivecarve 5 Parl? spowraneteey 8 &Z 
Body ss s4-9ae-scexs 13 
Philippines. 
a. Ye. Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 
9. Varauus dumerilii. 
Uaranus dumerilii, Gray, Cat. p. 10. 
Monitor dumerilii, (AZiiller’) Schley. Abbild. p. 78; Miiller § Schleg. 
“erh. Naturl. Gesch, Nedert. ov, Bezitt., Rept. p. 44, pl. vi. 
Varanus macrolepis, Blanford, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. |. 1881, p. 289, 
pl. xvi. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout depressed at the end, measuring 
a little more than the distance from the anterior border of the orbit 
to the anterior border of the ear ; canthus rostralis not well marked. 
Nostril oblique, about twice nearer the orbit than the tip of the 
snout. Digits moderate. Tail strongly compressed, keeled above. 
Scales of head moderate, subequal ; those in the middle of the supra- 
ocular region slightly enlarged transversely. Scales on upper surface 
of neck very large, about as broad as long, flat, the hindermost 
slightly keeled ; dorsal scales large, oval, keeled; scales above the 
limbs keeled, Abdominal scales slightly keeled, in seventy-five to 
