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he and some other Fathers were examining them. On examining them I 

 found them to belong to the Crotalince — they being 2 Trimeresurus monticola. 

 They are about 6 inches long, pale yellow, and show the full markings of the 

 grown-up specimens but slightly paler ; the head scales as well as those of the 

 body are fully developed. In the other eggs you can make out the outlines of 

 the young snakes quite clearly. I shall be glad to send you one of the two young 

 snakes with the shell or rather skin of the egg from which it came forth, as 

 also an egg containing a young one if you wish it, 



G. A. MILLER. 

 St. Joseph's College, Darjeeltng, 

 10th May WOi. 



The specimens above referred to have arrived, and as Mr. Miller is per- 

 fectly correct in his identification we now possess the important evidence that 

 this Viperine Snake ( Trimeresurus monticola), or as it is now called Lachesis 

 monticola, is oviparous. 



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