SNAKES. 9 



each side ; temporal streaks, upper white, lower red : head-shields 

 keeled : end of tail rufous, curled. 



a. In spirits. Adult. Singapore. Presented by General Hard- 



wicke. 



b. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. Presented by J. Brooks, Esq. 



c. d. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. From Mr. Lowe's collection. 



e. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Capt. Sir Edward 

 Belcher, K.C.B., K.N. 



Var. I. The spots elongate, transverse, forming a series of nar- 

 row cross lines on each side, edged with brown behind, 



/. In spirits. Young. Singapore. Presented by General Hard- 

 wicke. 



6. The Naerow-ringed Trimesurus. Trimesurus subannula- 

 tus, Graij^ Zool. Misc. 48. Trigonocephalus Wagleri, var., Mus. 

 Ley den. 



Green, with a series of distant, narrow, white cross bands, 

 edged with black in front, and ending in a spot at the side of the 

 abdomen : occiput with two black spots : temple with superior white 

 and inferior black streaks : abdomen whitish, hinder part with a few 

 black spots : end of tail green, black and white ringed : head-shields 

 keeled. 



Var. ? Young, the white bands varied wnth brown in front, and 

 the spots on the side and hinder part of the belly brown ; tail dark 

 red-brown. 



a. In spirits. Adult. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's collection. 

 h. In spirits. Half gro\M3, injured. Philippines. From Mr. 

 Cuming's collection. 



c. In spirits. Half grown. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's 



collection. 



Var. Cross bands shorter and sometimes roundish, spot-like, 



without any dark front edge. 

 Trim, maculatus, var. 1, Gray^ Zool. Misc. 48. 



d. In spirits. Adult. Celebes. From the Leyden Museum. 



Head green, not spotted; no spot on side of abdomen. 

 Trigonocephalus Wagleri, var. Celebensis, Mus. Leyden. 



e. In spirits. Adult, not good state. Sumatra. From the Leyden 



Museum. Head green, black varied ; no spot on side of abdo- 

 men. 

 Trigonocephalus Wagleri, var. Sumatrenis, Mus. Leyd. 



