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Nasals large. One narrow prgeocular. Three postoculars. 9 

 upper labials, the fourth, fifth and sixth entering the orbit. 

 Scales narrow, sharply keeled, in 19 rows. Colour olive brown, 

 with two longitudinal series of black dots along the back. Sides 

 of neck yellow barred, on a black skin. A yellow black edged 

 spot on each occipital, and a third on their suture behind. Prse 

 and postoculars bright yellow. Upper labials greenish yellow, 

 black edged behind. Below greenish white. Ventrals and sub- 

 caudals black edged. 



Inhabits the Pegu range, west of Tonghu. 



T. subminiatus. Rein. 



One prseocular. Three postoculars. Loreal square. 8 upper 

 labials, the third, fourth and fifth entering the orbit. Scales 

 keeled in 19 rows. Colour olive brown, passing into yellowish 

 green on the neck and head. Interstitial skin of neck bright 

 vermilion (seasonal). Body anteriorly handsomely reticulated 

 with black and yellow. The colours equally bright in both 

 sexes. A black collar yellow margined behind, in young spe- 

 cimens. 



Grows to 42 inches. (Tail 10*5.) 



Inhabits Sykkim, the Khasi hills, Assam, Pegu, Arakan, Yunan, 

 Tenasserim, Java, &c. 



T. stolatus, L. 



Prsefrontals pointed in front, One prseocular. Three (rarely 

 four) postoculars. Loreal square. 8 upper labials, the third, 

 fourth and fifth entering the orbit. Scales keeled in 19 rows. 

 Colour brownish olive with numerous reticulated cross bars, 

 intersected by two very pale buft' or stone colour longitudinal 

 dorsal bands. Seasonally the head, neck and sides are deeply 

 suffused with vermilion. 



The colouration of this snake is not easy to describe, the 

 longitudinal bands being perhaps its most prominent feature, ]>ut 

 the pattern of ornamentation is decidedly reticulate, often 

 brightly set off with red and yellow. 



Grows to 24 inches. (Tail 12.) 



