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imperfectly-studied fossil Monitors; Mr. de Vis’ excellent drawings 
(see Fig. 16) are certainly most useful for a comparative study of this 
Australian form, as tolerably well exhibiting most of morphological mar¬ 
kings. The maxillary appears but very slightly damaged, the proc. zygo¬ 
maticus maxillae alone completely missing, as well ás the anterior end, 
represented by the proc. præmaxillaris. Crista dentalis well developed. 
As justly recorded by Mr. de Vis, the preserved three-teeth seem to have 
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Fig. 16. t Varanus dirus De Vis hom. inc. — a & c : nearly nat. size (about 8 mm. shorter 
than the original drawings), b: 2 X nat. size. — Chinchilla, Darling-Downs. — a : inner 
view, c : outer view of maxillary, b : inner wiew of teeth. — Authors pendrawings 
provided by him with explanations from the original figs, in De Vis, Ann. Queensl. 
Mus., No. 5. ppm — proc. praemaxil laris exter. ; Ih 1 = anterior, lh 2 = posterior part 
of lamina horizontalis maxillae ; pv = proc. vomerinus laminae horizont.; ppa — pioc. 
palatinus lam. ae horizont.; pz — proc. zygomaticus maxillae; fp = foramen intermaxil¬ 
lare ; pas = proc. pçaemaxillaris interior ; ch = incisura turbinai is (mihi) ; pch — 
proc. turbinalis alae super, maxillae (mihi) ; as = ala super max. 
(mihi).; en = excav. nasalis (mihi) ; cm — crista nasalis (mihi) ; ana — fifth aperture of 
canalis nervi alv. super. ; ppf = proc. praefront. maxillae. 
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