90 Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the 



size similar to that of the species, both of which are equally fierce. 

 The largest individual was of the following dimensions : 



Length of the head, ft. If inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, ] Qi. 



Ditto ditto tail, 9f 



2 ft. 8f inch. 

 Circumference of the neck, 2, of the trunk, 2|, of the root of the 

 tail, If inch. 



Tropidonotus stolatus, (Linne.) 



Syn.— Seba, II, Tab. 9, Fig. 1, 2. 



Coluber stolatus, Linne. . 



Le Chayque, Daubenton, Lacepede. 



Russell, I, PL 10, 11, 19. 



La vipere chayque, Latreille. 



Coluber stolatus, Lin., apud Shaw, Daudin. 



Coluber taeniolatus, Daudin. 



Natrix stolatus, Merreni. 



Tropidonotus stolatus, Gray, Schlegel. 



Head shining brownish olive with several black spots in the sutures 

 of the shields : lips gamboge with several black oblique streaks ; head 

 and trunk brownish olive with numerous distant black transversal 

 bands, becoming indistinct towards the tail, and intersected by two 

 parallel bands of a pale ochre or buff, the scales of which on the anterior 

 part of the body edged with black. Beneath gamboge or mother-of- 

 pearl ; in some the scuta with a small lateral black spot, or edged 

 with black. Iris black with a narrow golden ring ; tongue black. 



Scuta 143 to 156, Scutella 69 to 79. 



Habit. — Pinang, Malayan Peninsula. 



Philippines, Tenasserim, Bengal, Assam, Nipal, Coromandel, 



Ceylon, Bombay. 

 This species, so exceedingly numerous in Bengal, is but rarely seen 

 in the Malayan valleys. It is of very gentle habits, and feeds upon 

 young frogs and toads. The largest male observed was of the following 

 dimensions : 



Length of the head, ft. Of inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, 1 4f 



Ditto ditto tail, 5f 



1 ft. 10| inch. 



