MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. .. 863 



One of my colleagues here tells me that cases are known of a D. mycte- 

 rizans kept in captivity, in our College Museum fully eating a specimen 

 larger than itself. Major Wall— Journal Bombay Natural History Society, 

 Vol. XVI, No 4, p. 547 — reports a case of cannibalism practised by this 

 snake, the victim being Tropidonotus stolatus, as mentioned by Mr. 

 Primrose — Bombay Natural History Journal, Vol. XV, p. 347. 



J. F. CAINS, S.J. 

 St. Joseph's College, Trichinopoly. 

 nth June 1919. 



No. XXVn.— NOTE ON THE SNAKE TEIRHINOFHOLIS 

 NVCRALIS (BOULENGER). 



A small decapitated specimen of this little knoven snake has been 

 acquired from Mr. Leonard from Sima, Upper Burma. Longitude 97°, Lati- 

 tude 25°, Altitude 4,400 feet. 



The type was described in I8S3 by Boulenger in his Catalogue Vol. I, 

 p. 419, and figured in Plate XXVIll of the same Volume, from a specimen 

 captured at Tounggyi in the S. Shan States. A second specimen referred to 

 me for identification by our Secretary some time back was obtained at 

 Mansi, Upper Burma, at almost the same longitude and latitude as Mr, 

 Leonard's specimen. In the Mansi specimen the ventrals are 139 and 

 subcaudals 23. The anal entire as in the type. The scales are 15 in the 

 whole body length. 



Mr. Leonard's specimen measuring 5| inches, the tail accounting for half 

 an inch, also agrees well with the type. The ventrals are 136 .P, subcaudals 

 25, anal entire, and scales 15 in whole body length. I notice that 

 Macolm Smith refers to this in his list of Siamese snakes as occurring 

 north of the Isthmus of Kra and ho records two specimens from Province 

 Ratchaburi, Siam (near the Tenasserim border). The ventrals and sub- 

 caudals were 141 + 24, and c? 132+24 respectively. 



F. WALL, Lt.-Col., i.m.s. 



Bangalobe, ^nd June 1919. 



No. XXVIII.— A GRAVID SPECfMEN OF THE SNAKE 

 CYLINDROPHIS MACULATUS (LINN.). 



Among a few snakes sent to me last year from Ceylon by Mr. Gerard 

 Joseph, was a specimen of Cylindrophis maculatus, which proved to be gravid. 

 The date of its capture is unfortunately not on record. 



The parent measured 10| inches, and when cut open was found to 

 contain two large foetuses, one S with the genitalia protruding, and the 

 other a 5 • Each was folded into three. The united measurements of the 

 two almost equalled that of the prospective mother ; the S taping 5, and 

 the $ 5 f inches. From this it is evident that the embryos acquire an usual 

 degree of development before birth, and that the species is not prolific. 

 The young were coloured and marked exactly like the parent. 



The viviperous habit of this species is not a new observation since 

 Abercromby {Spolia Zeylanica, Vol. IX, p. 146) in 1913 recorded a specimen 

 with three well developed foituses " in abdomina". This was acquired 

 by him on 1st April. No measurements of the dam or young were given. 



F. WALL, Lr.-CoL., i.m.s. 

 Bangalore. 



