20 Catalogue of Reptiles. 



FAMILY GHARIALIDJE. 



GHARIALIS, Geoferoy. 

 4. G. Gangetica, Geoffr. 



a. adult stuffed. •••••• 



b. c. young ditto. 



d. skin of adult in a bad state 



e. f. very young, in spirit. 



g. h. young stuffed. 



i. skull of adult, 29.75 inches 



/ skull of adult, 29.50 ditto. _ 



h. I. skulls of young animals, in 



bad state. 



I concur with Col. Cautley's remarks in As. Res. XIX page 32 on 

 the fX of perpetuating a misnomer. << The present mode of writing 

 this word << Gaviar appears to have originated m a mis-reading of the 

 manuscript of some naturalist, the r and v being very similar in form 

 Ss^Swkr'is the correct native name, there seems no reason for 

 perpetuating the misnomer." 



SECT. B. SQTJAMATA. SCALED REPTILES, 

 ORDER SATTRIA, 



FAMILY VARANIDJE. 



PSAMMOSAURUS, Fitzinger. 



5. P. scincus, Merr. 



a. adult stuffed, Nubia. Br. Ruppel. 



body 14 tail 18 = 32 in. 

 I. young, in spirit. Salt Range. W. Theobald, Junr, 



VARANUS, Merrem. 



6. V. flavescens, Gray. 



a. b. adults stuffed. Lower Bengal. 



Body 16.00, tail 19 = 35. 



c. half grown ditto. , 



d. ditto ditto. A. C. Carlyle, Esq. 



e. ditto yellow spotted. * 



f. ditto, in spirit. .....•• 



