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deep or absent; one prae- and two postoculars; temporals i + 2 

 or 2 -f- 2; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; latter almost twice as long as the posterior. Scales 

 in 17 rows; ventrals 140 — 165; anal entire; subcaudals 30 — 46. 



Purple or dark brown above, with small yellow or red spots; 

 often a median series of larger spots; head with symmetrical 

 dark markings and one or two yellowish bands, the posterior 

 on the occiput. Lower surface red, with quadrangular or 

 transverse black spots. Length of head and body 303 mm.; 

 tail 6"] mm. 



Habitat: Java (Gadok, Gunung Pengalengan 4000 feet and 

 Tjisurupan, Batavia, Krawang!, Buitenzorg!, Mt. Salak, Mt. 

 Gedeh 4500 feet, Tjibodas 1425 M., Gunung Ungaran !, 

 Salatiga!, Ambarawa, Mt. Wilis 5000 feet, Kcdiri!, Tengger 

 Mts. 1200 M.); Ambon? '). 



2. Oligodon trilineatus (Dum. & Bibr.). 



Shnotes trilineatus^ Dumeril & BLbron, Erp. Gen. VII 1854, p. 636. 

 Oligodon trilineatus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 238. 



Rostral visible from above; nasal divided; suture between 

 the internasals about as long as that between the praefrontals; 

 frontal longer than its distance from the tip of the snout, as 

 long as the parietals; loreal more long than deep; one prae- 

 and one postocular; temporals 1+2 or 2 + 2; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; four lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter almost twice 

 as long as the posterior. Scales in 17 rows; ventrals 145 — 157; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 52 — 62. 



Dark brown or black above; a yellow (red) vertebral stripe 

 and a fine light line along each side; head yellowish-brown 

 with dark oblique bands, not continuous on the crown. Lower 

 surface blackish; a white line along each side. Length of head 

 and body 250 mm.; tail 80 mm. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra (Manindjau!). 



3. Oligodon durheimi Baumann. 



Oligodon durheimi^ Baumann, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. XXXIV 1913, p. 269, fig. C. 

 Rostral visible from above; nasal divided; internasals absent; 



i) A young specimen preserved in the British Museum. 

 Indo-australian reptiles II. 



