|()li PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.38. 



LIOPELTIS MAJOR (Guenther). 



(Herpet. Japan, L907, p. 338.) 



1858. Cyclophis major Guenther, Cat. Colubr. Snakes Brit. Mus., p. 120. — 

 Liopeltis major Barbour, Proc. New England Zool. Club., vol.4, 1909, 

 p. (ill | Formosa; [chang, Eupeh, ( !hina). 



The seventh specimen from Formosa, the female recorded by Mr. 

 Barbour, I have had the privilege to examine. Its scale formula is 

 ad follows: Sc. L5; v. 169; a. 2; c. 92; oc. 3-2; t. 1 +2; 1. 8. 



PTYAS MUCOSUS (Linnaeus). 



(Herpet. Japan, L907, p. 345.) 



Three specimens are recorded from Formosa, one of them from 

 Taiwan-I'ii. 



PTYAS KORROS(Schlegel). 



(Herpet. Japan, 1907, p. 348.) 



ZAOCYS DHUMNADES (Cantor). 



(Herpet. Japan, 1907, i». 352.) 



Nothing has been recorded which will shed additional li<*ht on the 

 status of these two species as members of the FormosaD fauna. 



Genus OLIGODON Boie. 

 1827. Oligodon Boie, [sis, 1827 (p. 519) (type, 0. bitorquatus). 



OLIGODON ORNATUS Denburgh. 



L909. Oligodon ornatus Denburgh, Proc. California Acad. Sci. (4), vol. 3, 

 Dec. 20, 1909, p. 53 (type-locality, Shinchiku, Formosa; type, Cal. 

 A.cad. s,i. No. L8005 . 



The occurrence of a species of this essentially Indian and Malayan 

 genus in Formosa is quite unexpected, as no member of the genus 

 has hitherto been found in China. However, as one species has long 

 been known from Assam, while two others have recently been de- 

 scribed from Nepal and Burma, the present addition to the fauna 

 of Formosa, or a closely allied species, may some day turn up in the 

 intervening territory of China, from which many a novelty may yet 



he expected. 



The type-specimen is the only one thus far recorded. 



HOLARCHUS FORMOSANUS (Guenther). 



Berpet. Japan, L907, p. 354.) 



2. Simote8 forn Guenther, Ami. Mag. Nat. Bist. (4), vol. !), Jan. 



_. p. 20. Holarchus formosanus Barbour, Proc New England Zool. 

 'I'd', vol. ), 1909, p. 69 (Mi. Arizan, Formosa). 



ni- rather pomn in Formosa. Barbour maintains that the 



Hainan specimens form a distinguishable "local color variety." 





