no. 1731. FORMOSA?* &ATRACHIANS AND REPTILES STEJXEGER. 109 



but against this it should he noted that Van Denburgh expressly 

 states that "no small teeth could be made out on the right maxilla" 

 (the left was found to be destroyed). However, considered in con- 

 nection with my former statement (Herpet. Japan, p. 387) that 

 Calliophis macclellandii and Hemibungarus japonicus (and conse- 

 quently also II. boettgeri) ''seem to be so closely related to each other 

 that the latter appears less nearly allied to any of the other species 

 of IIemibung<inis," the suggestion seems justified that the Kiukiuan 

 species is genetically connected with the Formosan form here dis- 

 cussed. If so, the distinctness of the last-mentioned genus, as now 

 defined, becomes very dubious indeed. 



NAJA NAJA ATRA (Cantor). 

 (Herpet. Japan, L907, p. 394.) 



Beyond the single specimen in the British Museum, which Mr. La 

 iMiiche collected near South Cape, Formosa, nothing has been 

 recorded regarding the occurrence of the cobra in this island. 



BUNGARUS MULTICINCTUS Blyth. 



(Herpet. Japan, 1907, p. 397.) 



Found both in northern and southern Formosa, and according to 

 Mr. Tada common around Taipa. 



LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA (Linnaeus). 

 (Herpet. Japan, 1907, p. 102.) 



Apparently common along the coasts of Formosa. 



[LATICAUDA COLUBRINA (Schneider).] 

 (Herpet. Japan, 1907, p. 406.) 



No actual capture of this species on the coasts of Formosa has as 

 yet been recorded, though there is vvvvy reason to believe that it 

 occurs there. 



[LATICAUDA SEMIFASCIATA (Reinwardt).] 



(Herpet. Japan, 1907, p. 40!), pi. 22.) 



Occurring, as this species does, in the sea surrounding the neigh- 

 boring islands of the southern Riukius and also in the Moluccan Sea, 

 it may be looked for with confidence in Formosan waters as well. 



EMYDOCEPHALUS IJIMjE Stejneger. 

 (Herpet. Japan, 1907, p. 413.) 



In a recent paper Doctor Boulenger admits the validity of the 

 genus Km )/</<><■( jthalus and supplies several additional cranial charac- 



o Note. on the Ophidian genus Emydocephalue, in Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8), vol. I, 

 Mar. 1908, p. 231. 



