MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 867 



The scale rows two headslengths behind the head are 28, in midbody 37 

 and two headslengths before the vent 35. The ventrals nnmber about 339. 

 The neck is about one-third the greatest depth of the body. 



There are 10 posterior maxillary teeth. 40 black bands encircle the 

 body, and these are about twice the breadth of the intervals. They are 

 confluent ventrally as high up as midcosta posteriorly. The tail is com- 

 pletely black. 



I have seen only seven other specimens ; four in our Society's collection, 

 two in the British Museum, and one in the museum of the Royal College 

 of Surgeons, London. 



Hydrophis ornata (Gray)* 



A well grown $ specimen of this uncommon sea-snake was acquired from 

 Major Gharpurey, captured at Jask in the Persian Gulf. 



The scales two headslengths behind the head are 32, at midbody 41, and 

 two headslengths before the vent 42 ; subimbricate anteriorly, juxtaposed 

 in the middle and posteriorly. The ventrals are about 3H0. Otherwise it 

 is a very typical specimen. The posterior maxillary teeth number 11 on 

 the left side. It is just the kind of specimen that so many herpetologists 

 would make the type of a new species, on the abnormally large ventral 

 count (210-300 Boulenger), and the abnormally low number of anterior 

 scale rows (35 to 42 Boulenger), and on this account it would find a more 

 fitting resting place on the British Museum shelves than in our Society's 

 collection. 



Hydrophis vipkkina (Schmidt). 



A fine S was presented to the collection by Sir Charles Bailey, captured 

 on the Orissa Coast. 



The scale rows two headslengths behind the head are 33, at midbody 

 49, and two headslengths before the vent 42. Ventrals about 276. Here 

 again the numbers of scale rows (27 to 29 on neck, and 37 to 43 on the 

 body, Boulenger), would tempt some to pronounce this is new species. 

 The fact that the pnefrontal does not touch the second labial that the 

 frontal is as broad as long combined with the extraordinary breadth of the 

 anterior ventrals, (fully 3 times that of the last costal row) leave no doubt 

 as to its identity. The posterior maxillary teeth number 5 on the 

 left side. 



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

 Bangalore. 



No. XXXI.— OCCURRENCE OF STICHOPTSALMA 

 GODFREYI (ROTHS.) 



A specimen of this Stichopthahna was taken at Taungshum Taung, Tavoy 

 district, on the 17th May 1917, and came into my possession. It was 

 identified by Mr. Ernest Swinhoe who informs me that the type specimen 

 was taken by Mr. Godfrey in Siam and is now in the South Kensington 

 Museum. Though T visited Tavoy in February last I was not successful in 

 getting any, but a forewing of one, that had probably been eaten by some 

 bird, was found, and pointed to the fact that others were about. I enclose 

 a painting showing the upperside, to full scale. On the underside the 

 markings resemble S. camedava to some extent but there are only two 



