316 VARANIDE. 
14, Varanus cumingii. 
Varanus cumingi, Martin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1838, p. 69. ” 
Hydrosaurus cumingii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 145, pl. vii. 
Also a very close ally of V. salvator. Distinguished in having 
the nuchal scales larger than the dorsal, and the scales on the occiput 
larger, less numerous. The colour and markings of the young 
much as in V. salvator, but the belly transversely barred with black. 
In the adult, the ground colour of the head and back is generally 
yellowish; more or less distinct transverse dark bands are seen on 
the head, but they do not extend down to the lips; a well-marked 
black temporal band ; the neck is marbled, and the back transversely 
barred with black; limbs black, yellow-spotted ; tail with black 
annuli, which are interrupted inferiorly ; lower surfaces yellowish, 
belly with traces of the cross bands so distinct in the young. 
Philippines, 
a, Ad., skin. Mindanao. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 
; (Type.) 
b-c, Ad. & yg. Placer, N.E. Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
d-e. Yg. ; Butuan. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
f. Ad. Zamboanga. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
g. Ad. P A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
15. Varanus togianus. 
Monitor (Hydrosaurus) togianus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 582. 
Differs from V. salvator in the larger scales, there being only 
seventy-four transverse rows of abdominals, and the greater longi- 
tudinal development of the supraocular scales. Black, yellow-dotted, 
without a trace of transverse bands or ocelli, even on the tail; lower 
surfaces yellow, with transverse black bands on the throat and breast, 
becoming indistinct on the belly. 
Togian Islands, Celebes, 
16. Varanus kalabeck. 
Monitor kalabeck, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. 52; Peters & 
Doria, Ann. Mus, Genov. xii. 1878, p. 332, pl. i. tig. 3. 
Closely allied to V. indicus. Snout longer; nostril relatively 
nearer the tip of the snout. Head-scales rather smaller. Nuchal 
scales very small, keeled, separated by very wide interspaces. 
Waigiou Island. 
17. Varanus indicus. 
Monitor chlorostigma, Gray, Cat. p. 12. 
Tupinambis indicus, Daud. Rept. iii. p. 46, pl. xxx. 
Monitor douarrha, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool. ii. p. 58. 
Varanus chlorostigma (Cuv.), Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 489. 
Monitor chlorostigma, Schleg. Abbild. p. 75, pl. xxii. fig. 6; Miill. & 
Schleg. Verh. Naturl. Gesch. ov. Bezitt., Rept. p. 40; Dorta, Ann. 
Mus, Genov. vi. p. 381, 
