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Lead-coloured ; dark lateral streak narrow, formed by tlie outer 

 edge of the ventral shields ; beneath gray, minutely dotted : belly 

 shields, with three longitudinal black streaks : head large, elongate ; 

 tail elongate, blackish, with a series of white spots on each side be- 

 neath : subcaudal plates forming three narrow lines, black-edged : 

 scales in 23 series: larger scales when nearly dry covered with 

 small irregular blister-like convexities. Body 25, tail 6 inches. 



a. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. From the Ley den Museum, as 



" Homolopsis Aer, Schleyel." 

 h. In spirits. Adult. India. 



H. trilineata, Gray^ Zool. Misc. QQ. 



c. Inspirits. Half grown. India. 



d. In spirits. India. From Colonel Cobbs's collection. 



4. The Two-lined Hypsirhina. Hypsirhina bilineata, Grai/, 

 Zool. Misc. QQ. 



Lead-coloured ; back with an indistinct pale streak on each 

 side ; beneath white ; sides grayish white, with a black lateral 

 streak formed by the dark outer edge of the ventral shields : head 

 small : tail elongate, lead-coloured, with two obscure pale streaks 

 above, white beneath, with three black lines fonned by the edge of 

 the shields: scales in 21 rows. Body 18, tail 4^ inches. 



a. In spirits. Adult. China. Presented by W. Lindsay, Esq. 



6, e. In spirits. Young. Pale brown, with two pale streaks : head 

 with two white streaks united over the nose ; lips, side and be- 

 neath white, with a narrow brown line on the edge of the abdo- 

 minal shields : tail beneath white, with three narrow brown 

 lines. India. 

 Hypsirhina furcata, Gray, Zool. Misc. QQ. 



A very large, very thick, fusiform specimen, is in the museum 

 of the Zoological Society, named "Zenopeltes concolor, No. 491." 



5. The Chinese Hypsirhina. Hypsirhina Chinensis, Gray, 

 Zool. Misc. QQ. 



Lead-coloured, with a rather broad white streak along the 

 lower part of each side, nearly two scales wide, dark lateral as wide 

 as last series of scales : ventral shields lead-coloured, with a whitish 

 hinder edge : scales in 23 series : tail short, compressed, whitish, 

 clouded beneath. 



a. In spirits. Adult. Body 13|, tail 3 inches. China. Presented 

 by John R. Reeves, Esq. 



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