Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 55 



of scales, scuta and scutella pale reddish brown with broad whitish 

 margins. Iris black ; pupil lanceolate with the apex downwards, ver- 

 tically contracted by the light ; tongue buff. 



Young. — Head yellowish white with a brown spot on the crown 

 and labial shields ; the scales of the sides edged with white, producing 

 longitudinal zig-zag lines ; the two lowest series of scales and scuta 

 yellowish white ; scutella of the same colour with a brown transversal 

 line. 



Scuta 175 to 179, Scutella 26' to 27. 



Habit. — Pinang, Singapore, Malayan Peninsula. 

 Celebes, Java, Sumatra. 

 Of three young individuals, one was found by Sir William Norris 

 on the Great Hill at Pinang, a second by Dr. Montgomerie at Singa- 

 pore, and a third was obtained in Province Wellesley, where also a 

 single adult male was killed. As this serpent in general appearance bears 

 a strong resemblance to Lycodon aulicus, (Linne) (Syn. L. hebe, apud 

 Schlegel), so it also does in its fierce habits, and mode of attack. The 

 scales are smooth, rhombic-hexagonal, disposed in 15 longitudinal series. 

 Labial shields -|3-|. The stomach of a young individual examined, con- 

 tained the remains of a rat. The adult attains to a much larger size 

 than supposed : a male was of the following dimensions : 



Length of the head, feet. If inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, 3 2f 



Ditto ditto tail, 4 



3 ft. 7f inch. 



Circumfernce of the neck 2|, of the trunk 4|, of the root of the 



tail 2 inch. 



TERRESTRIAL. 



Gen. Python, Dan/fin. 



Entire shields under the abdomen and tail, the latter cylindrical, 



sometimes with scutella ; anus with scales and a hook on each side. 



Python ueticulatus, (Schneider.) 



Syx.— Seba I, Tab. 62, Fig. 2 ; II. Tab. ?.), Fig. 1. and Tab. Si). Fig. 1. 

 Liar sawa, Wurmb. 

 La jaune et blcue Lacepede. 

 L'oularsawa, Bonnaterre. 

 Boa reticulata, Sebneider, apud Daudin. 

 Boa rhombeata, Schneider. 



