so THE OHOrODILES AND LIZARDS QF BORNEO, 



Yerv al)iiiKlant on the trunks of trees on the roadsides 

 througliojit the district of Kiiching' ; on very hot days the^^ can 

 be seen dartinsi' from tree to tree, with lig-htning'-like rapidity. 



21. — Draco cornyfus, Boulen., Cat. Lizards, vol. ii. p. 258, 

 18ft5. S. M. 



Tarano^ burong' of the Malays. 



1. Adult male. — Upper surface of body bright gTass green, 

 varied with black, the green forming five distinct bands across 

 the back; interorVutal spot, l)lack enclosed in a pale green circle ; 

 nuchal spot, another on lower part of neck and one on each side 

 of it, before the shoulder, black ; wing-membrane deep red, spotted 

 and streaked with black, margins black, ting-ed with green and 

 grey ; sides of lower jaw and chin with three or four irregular 

 pale green bands ; chest under surface of limbs and belly greyish 

 blue ; under surface of wing-membranes brick-red tinged with 

 blue, spotted and streaked with black, these black markings are 

 opposed to those on the upper surface : gular appendage yel- 

 lowish orange, base bluish. 



2. .1 duU malp. — Whole of back variegated with bright grass 

 green; wing-membranes black ; under parts blue ; gular appen= 

 dago bright salmon-red. edges paler, base bluish. 



This very beautiful winged lizard is not a common species in 

 this district. I procured a line male on Matang at SOO ft. 



It is the brightest coloured of all the species found here. 

 J3orneo (E. Belcher); Kuching and Matang {K. Bart!etf). 



22. — Draco cijfinis, n. sp.. S. M. 



Similar to D. cornutus, but without the large spine-like scale 

 above the eye. Gular appendage very small; in the female it 

 is almost absent. 



^fale. — Back dull brown, tinged with green; three distinct 

 greyish white transverse bands on the back; wing membranes 

 above, bright brick red spotted with black, with broad black 

 outer margins, a pale bluish grey line down the centre of the 

 belly; under side of wing membrane dull l)rick red ting-ed with 

 blue, and spotted with blackish lirown, margined with blotches 

 of black and greyish white. 



Adult /e?«rt/e.— Back grey mottled with dark brown and 

 tinged with green; wing-meml)ranes bronze green spotted with 



