1. VARANUS. 319 
t,k. Yo., stuffed. Cape of Good Hope. 
-m. Ye. Condo, Cuanza. Dr. Welwitsch [P.]. 
n. Yg. Fernando Po. 
o. Ye. Niger. Dr. W. Stanger | P.}. 
Pg. Ye. Ashantee. Tb Bowdins oa (P-. 
7s. Yg. Sierra Leone. 
# Ad., stuffed. Senegal. 
u. Ye. Senegal. 
v, Ad., stuffed. W. Africa. Mr, Fraser [C.]. 
w. Ye. W. Africa, W, Raddon, Esq. [P.]. 
a. Her. W. Africa. 
y. Ad 4 Lord Lilford ak 
s. Her., stuffed. —? Col. Bailie [C.]. 
a-y. Yg. —? 
6, «. Ad., skeletons. P 
¢. Anatomical preparation. (Cf. Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 60.) 
19. Varanus varius. 
Hydrosaurus varius, Gray, Cat. p. 12. 
Lacerta varia, Shaw, in White's Voy. N.S. Wales, p.246, pl. iii. fig. 2, 
and Zool. Misceil, iii. pl. Ixxxiii. 
Tupinambis variegatus, Daud. Rept. iil. p. 76. 
Varanus varius, Merr. Tent. p. 58; Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 491. 
Hydrosaurus variegatus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 164. 
— yarius, Gray, Griff. A. K. ix. Syn. p. 25; Schleg. Abbild, 
. 78. 
Morena (Hydrosaurus) mustelinus, De Borre, Bull. Ac. Belg. (2) 
xxix. 1870, p. 125. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snont depressed at the end, measuring 
the distance from the anterior border of the orbit to the ear ; canthus 
rostralis obtuse. Nostril suboval, twice nearer the tip of the snout 
than the orbit. Digitslong. Tail compressed, keeled above. Scales 
of head small, larger than those on the temples; supraocular scales 
equal, very small, granular. Scales on upper surfaces small, oval, 
tectiform. Abdominal scales feebly keeled, in one hundred and 
twenty to one hundred and thirty transverse series. Caudal scales 
keeled; the caudal keel with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. 
Upper surfaces black, with yellow punctulations arranged in trans- 
verse bands on the back and lunate bands on the neck ; limbs with 
large yellow spots or annuli; lower surfaces yellow or greenish, with 
transverse black bands; tail alternately black and yellow in its 
posterior half. 
centim. centim. 
Total length ...... 148 Fore limb ........ 19 
Head ss cen ce ews 9 Hind limb........ 25 
NGCkK nice eevee as 13 Wail eee hoe, des 93 
Body os. tske aay 33 
Australia. 
a. Ad. Gayndah. Godeffroy Museum. 
6, Ad. Australia. 
c,d. Ad., stuffed. Australia, J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 
e, f. Ad., stuffed. Australia, 
