320 VARANID, 
Var. belli. 
Hydrosaurus bellii, Gray, Cat. p. 13. 
Varanus bellii, Dum. § Bibr. iii. p. 493, pl. xxxv. 
Black, with a few very broad yellowish cross bands, generally 
black-dotted ; belly uniform yellowish. 
a. Ad., stuffed. Australia. 
20. Varanus giganteus. 
Ilydrosaurus giganteus, Gray, Cat. p. 13. 
Hydrosaurus giganteus, Gray, Zool. Erebus § Terror, Rept., p. 3, 
pl. iv. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout very long, depressed at the 
tip ; the distance from that point to the anterior corner of the eye 
greater than the distance from the latter point to the anterior border 
of the ear; canthus rostralis sharp. Nostril oval, more than twice 
nearer the tip of the snout than the eye. Digits moderate. Tail 
compressed, keeled above. Scales of head very small, about the size 
of those on the temples; supraocular scales much smaller still, 
granular. Scales of upper surfaces small, oval, keeled. Abdo- 
minal scales smooth, in one hundred and fifty or one hundred and 
fifty-five transverse rows. Caudal scales keeled; the caudal keel 
with a very low, doubly-toothed crest. Brown or blackish above, 
with large light round spots or ocelli arranged in transverse series 
on the back and tail; limbs with smaller round spots; sides of 
neck and throat with large blackish reticulations on a light ground ; 
belly immaculate. 
centin. centim, 
Total length ...... 206 Fore limb ........ 27 
Head «sex earavas 14 Hind Timbie 8 aan & 35 
Neele cea ace sye aes 22 SP all ron saice ara won aes 117 
Body wssuwestea was 53 
Australia. 
a. Ad., stuffed. N. coast of Australia. Capt. Stokes [P.]. (Type.) 
6. Ad., stuffed. Australia. 
21. Varanus gouldii. 
Monitor gouldii, Gray, Cat. p. 12. 
Hydrosaurus gouldii, Gray, Ann. N. H.i. 1838, p. 394, and in Grey's 
Trav, Austr. iu. p. 422. 
Monitor gouldii, Schleg, Abbild. p. 78; Gray, Zool. Erebus § Terror, 
a pl. ili.; Peters § Doria, Ann. Mus, Genov. xiii, 1878, pl. i. 
fig. 4 
Varanus gouldii, A. Dum. Cat, Méth, Rept. p. 52. 
Teeth acute, compressed. Snout depressed at the tip, long, the 
distance from its end to the anterior corner of the eye equalling the 
