1G6 ON THE PHYSIOGNOMY OF SERPENTS. 



Below of a rosy- purple. S. 170+81. Inhabits the 

 Island of Java. A handsome local variety of an uniform 

 colour is found at Celebes ; another with vivid tints at 

 Sumatra. 



7. Tropidoxotus submixiatus. Allied to the two 

 last by structure, habit, and shape ; but the head is 

 shorter and higher, and the uppei* lip very inflated. Brown 

 verging on green, on red, or on black, and varied with 

 black ; below yellow, with two rows of black points ; 

 naked skin of the neck or space between the scales, of a 

 fine vermilion-red ; on the nape a black spot, preceded 

 bv a vellowish collar. S. 131 4-57. From Java. 



8. Tropidoxotus picturatus. A new species from New 

 Guinea ; size considerable ; form less strong than the last, 

 which it resembles in habit and form of the head; 15 

 rows of scales. S. from 128 + 52 to 134 + 62. Above 

 of a brown shistose-black ; below of pale citron-yellow ; 

 the scuta have reddish edges, and a large spot of smoke- 

 black on the ribs ; two rays of black on the neck, and 

 another behind the eye ; lips yellow.* 



9. Tropidox'^otus tigrixus. Plabit, physiognomy, and 

 colour, like the Tropid. Natrix ; but the head is less de- 

 pressed, the scales are broader and more strongly cari- 

 nated, the eyes larger, the dorsal spots more extensive 

 in the species of Japan. S. 161+71- 



10. Tropidoxotus ViBAKARi. Of very small size, and 

 of very slight form. Head small, and not distinct from 

 the neck ; the scales feebly carinated. Pale brown, with 

 a dorsal ray of a deeper colour ; below more clear ; a 

 white collar ; labial plates whitish, bordered with brown. 

 S. 142 + 74. Total length 16 inches. Like the pre- 

 ceding, from Japan. 



11. Tropidoxotus Stolatus. Size a little larger, 

 and form less delicate, than the last ; physiognomy recalls 

 that of T. subminiatus. Above deep olive-brown, re- 

 lieved by a reticular design formed by two yellow rays, 

 intersected by black bands, and marked at the angles with 



* [This species is omitted in the Synoptic Table, but it is described 

 more fully in the descriptive part of M. Sciilegel's work. — TV.] 



