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on each side beneath which, and the loreal, the prefrontal finds 

 contact with the eye. I have never seen the same abnormality in 

 any other specimen. One has the 3rd and 4th subcaudals entire. The 

 ventrals and subcaudals of Mr. Hampton's specimens are as follows : — 

 202 + 84 207 +83 



208 + 82 205T+82? 

 212 + 88 2I0T + 79 



209 + 83 



(The range of these shields in 1 4 specimens collected in Shillong 

 last year by me was ventrals 201 to 213, subcaudals 74 to 80.) 



The largest Burmese specimen is 3 feet, and two small ones appa- 

 rently hatchlings, measure 8£ and $\ inches. 



Colour. — The black bands on the body vary from 28 to 33 and 

 on the tail from 15 to 17. My Shillong specimens had the 

 light bands of a dove colour, whereas nearly all the Burmese 

 specimens are yellow, or yellowish. Evans noted one specimen 

 from Maymyo with reddish-yellow bands ( Vol. XVI, p. 169 of 

 this Journal) and Anderson, (Ann. Zool. Yunnan, p. 827) one with 

 55 reddish bands. In some specimens the light bands are divided by 

 a black line of varying breadth. In one such from Mogok the inter- 

 mediate black is so broad that each light band is represented by a 

 pair of light lines, and it is probable that Anderson's specimen from 

 Yunnan was similar, thus accounting for the bands being reported as 

 55, viz., about twice as numerous as normal. I cannot satisfy myself 

 that the dentition conforms to that characterising the genus Lycodon 

 as enunciated by Mr. Boulenger, and the fact that the iris in life is 

 flecked with grey, and the apical pits where evident are in pairs seems 

 to point to the better inclusion of this species with the genus Dinodon. 



Callophis maclellandii. 



One specimen calls for special remark from its size, measuring as 

 it does 2 feet 1\ inches. The colour is violaceous resembling the hue 

 of the bloom on a plum or grape. It has 29 bands on the body and 3 

 on the tail, and represents variety A of Mr. Boulenger's Catalogue. 

 The lepidosis is typical in every way. 



Simotes cyclurus. 



At least 4 specimens recently obtained from Burma demand some 

 remarks. One marked with indistinct longitudinal dorsal bands, and 

 with the belly unspotted corresponds to Boulenger's variety C. The 



