1. DEACO. 261 



Total length 225 millim. 



Head 17 „ 



Width of head 11 „ 



Body 68 „ 



Fore limb . . .' 35 „ 



Hind limb 42 „ 



Tail 140 „ 



Philippine Islands. 



a. (S . Philippines. Mr. Ciuning [C.]. 



h. t$. Philippines. 



c-g. d . Luzon. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 



h-i. d ■ ManiUa. H.M.S. ' Challenger.^ 



k. d- S. Negros. A. Everett, Esq. [0.1. 



l.d- Java (?). C. Bowring, Esq. [P. J. 



8. Draco rostratus. (Plate XX. fig. 5, the head.) 



Draco rostratus, Oiinth. Sept. Brit, Ind. p. 127. 



Head rather small ; snout longer than the diameter of the orbit, 

 sloping very gently ; nostril lateral, directed outwards ; tympanum 

 scaly. Upper head-scales unequal, strongly keeled ; a A-shaped 

 series of enlarged scales on the forehead ; ten upper labials, the last 

 twice as large as the preceding. The male's gular appendage a little 

 longer than the head. Male with a very distinct nuchal crest. 

 Dorsal scales irregular, keeled, those on the vertebral region con- 

 siderably larger than the ventrals. The fore limb stretched for- 

 wards extends considerably beyond the tip of the snout ; the ad- 

 pressed hind limb reaches the axil. Greyish above with metallic 

 reflections ; wing-membranes above with narrow longitudinal lines 

 of white scales and small round black spots ; throat and base of 

 gular appendage brown-dotted. 



Total length 219 millim. 



Head 16 „ 



Width of head 10 „ 



Body 73 „ 



Fore limb 35 „ 



Hind limb 44 „ 



Tail 130 „ 



Borneo ? 



a. jj. Borneo? Sir E. Belcher [P.]. (Type.) 



9. Draco timorensis. 



Draco timorensis, part., Gray, Cat. p. 233. 

 Draco timorensis {P^ron), Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. u. Vergl. Anat. p. 103 ; 



hum. &■ Bibr. iv. p. 46'1 ; Gimth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 123. 

 viridi.s, var. timoriensis, Schleg. Abbild. p. 91. 



