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the body there are distinct longitudinal markings. These do not show at all 

 in either of the other specimens. Bryant has two specimens from Tjibodas, 

 Mt. Gede, 4,500 feet; V. 152-171; C. 44-48. 



Range : — Upper India through southeastern Asia to Hainan, Formosa, and 

 the Philippines. In the Malay Archipelago it is known from Sumatra, Engano, 

 Java, Lombok, Flores, Celebes, Borneo, and the Natuna Islands. 



In Java certainly, and probably in Hainan, it is confined to the liigher ele- 

 vations. It does not seem to occur at Buitenzorg, but is taken quite often at 

 Sukanumi and Tjibodas, whence there are specimens in the Buitenzorg museum. 



Dryophis prasinus Boie. 

 BoiE, Isis, 1827, p. 545. Botjlengeb, Cat. snakes Brit, mus., 1896, 3, p. 180-182. 



Type locality: — Java; collected by Reinwardt (vide Schlegel, Essai phys. 

 Serp., 1837, 2, p. 251). 



Fourteen examples of this rather common, lizard-eating serpent, taken 

 during March and April, 1907, at Buitenzorg. In the Bryant collection, five 

 are from Gunung Bunder, Mt. Salak, four from Depok, and eleven from Buiten- 

 zorg. D. prasinus was not taken at any of the stations at high altitudes by 

 either of us. 



Known from the eastern Himalayas through southeastern Asia to the 

 Malay Peninsula; and in Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes, Philippines, and 

 Lombok. 



Dryophis xanthozona Boie. 

 Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 545. Boui^nqer, Cat. snakes Brit, mus., 1896, 3, p. 180. 



Type locality: — Java (fide Schlegel). 



This distinct, yet reaUy Uttle-known, species seems to be very much rarer 

 than D. prasinus Boie. Bryant got two specimens at Depok, Java; but none 

 near Buitenzorg, where it seems to be unknown. However, it is probably con- 

 fused regularly with its congener wherever it occurs. The range of scale-counts, 

 so far as Boulenger knew it, was small; yet Bryant's two fall well within it: — 

 V. 187, 193; C. 130, 125. Scales in fifteen rows as usual. 



Chrysopelea rhodopleuron Boie. 

 Bora, Isis, 1827, p. 547. Boulenger, Cat. snakes Brit, mus., 1896, 3, p. 195-196. 



Type locality: — unknown. Reported first definitely from .\mbon. 



A single specimen of this characteristic Moluccan species from Ambon, 

 taken January, 1907. Scales 17 rows; ventrals 207; anal divided; subcaudals 

 186. The maximum number of subcaudals cited by Boulenger is 180. 



