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or absent; one postocular; no temporals; five upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye; mental in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields; latter in contact with three lower labials 

 and about twice as large as the posterior. Tail pointed. Scales 

 in 15 rows; ventrals 129—146; anal entire; subcaudals 10 — 28. 

 Brown or black above, iridescent; a yellow collar sometimes 

 present and a yellow vertical spot above the angle of the 



Fig. 61. Pseudorhabdium longiceps (Cant.). Nat. size. Side view of head. 



mouth. Lower surface dark brown, ventrals and outer scales 

 with pale brown posterior border. Length of head and body 

 195 mm.; tail 35 mm. 



Habitat: Nias!; Sumatra (Deli!, Langkat, Indragiri, Sing- 

 karah!, Gunung Sahilan!, Ajerbangis!); Borneo (Sarawak, 

 Kuching, Penrissen Road, Simanggang, Sebruang Valley, Pon- 

 tianak); Celebes (Macassar!). — Philippines; Malay Peninsula; 

 Penang; Singapore. 



35. Brachyorrhus Boie. 

 (BoiE, Isis, p. 519, 1827). 



Head not distinct from neck; eye small; pupil vertically 

 elliptic; nasal small, single or divided; internasals sometimes 

 fused; loreal absent; praeocular present or absent. Maxillary 

 teeth 20 — 22, equal; posterior mandibular teeth shortest. Body 

 round, covered with smooth scales without pits, in 17 or 19 

 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail short; subcaudals in two rows. 



Distribution. Java; Timor; Moluccas; New Guinea. 



A single species. 



