Catalogue of Reptiles, 13 



23. B. ocELLATA, Dum. et Bib. 



not B. ocellata aj)ud Gunther. 



B. Berdmoreiij Blyth ajnid Gunther. 



a. stuffed adult. Calcutta. E. Blyth, Esq. 



h. c. smaller, stuffed. Ditto. Ditto. 



This species occurs in Calcutta, but not in Pegu, where B. Berdmoreii, 

 Blyth, replaces it. It is a much smaller and more elongate species than 

 B. Berdmoreii, Blyth, which is very convex. 



24.* B. TRiviTTATA, Duiii. et Bib. 



A specimen of this remarkably handsome species presented by my- 

 self from Moulmein, is no longer in the museum. It abounds in Pegu, 

 and is remarkable for the disparity of coloration and size in the sexes. 



" Male 18.50 x 13.10. 



Shell pale olive green, with three conspicuous black streaks down 

 the back, as though of black paint. Beneath, pale orange yellow. 

 Soft parts of body and limbs pale yellow, dusky above, j^eck and 

 head smooth, during life of a bright carnation red, instantly fading on 

 death to a waxy white. An intensely black lozenge-shaped plate be- 

 hind the nostrils, on the forehead. 



Female, 28.50 X 12.50. 



Colour of the shell is dark brown above and below. Head, neck and 

 limbs are uuifoimipale greenish olive, with the black lozenge behind the 

 nostrils on the forehead, as in the male. Abundant in the Delta of 

 Pegu. Oviposits about Zalon in December and January. Eggs 25 in 

 number 2.6 long." Weight 965 grains. (MSS. Cat, Reptiles Pegu.) 



PANaSHURA, Gray. 



(Fourth Vertebral decanter-shaped.) 



25. P. TECTUM, Bell. 

 E. tecta^ Gray. 



a. stuffed adult, 7 inches. Calcutta. E. Blyth, Esq. 



b. c. d. young, stuffed. Ditto. Ditto. 

 e. — m. young in spirits. Ditto. Ditto. 



It is not a little singular that Dr. Gunther, in his last admirable woi'k 

 on the Reptiles of India, should have so supercilioitsly, one might 

 almost say perversely, ignored the labours of his predecessors. An 

 excellent figure is given by Bell, and the species is also figured by 

 Hardwicke. I do not agree with Prof. Bell that Hardwicke's figure 

 is too brightly coloured, as the animal is often of a bright red below 

 mottled with black, and with a bright red vertebral stripe. The more 

 modest coloration, however, of Bell's figure should have prevented 

 Dr. Gunther from describing the colour as yellow, in opposition to 



* Species with an asterisk are wanting in the Museum, 



