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as he invented another name for no other reason than "elles habi- 

 tent dans la nier." Hydro phis and Pelamis are consequently una- 

 vailable as names for other genera. 



HYDRUS PLATURUS" (Linnaeus). 



1766. Anguis platura Lixn.eus, Syst. Nat., 12 ed., I, p. .391 (type-locality un- 

 known; type originally in Fr. Ziervogel's pharmacy, Stockholm). — 

 JSydrophis platura Latreille, Hist. Nat. Rept., IV, 1802, p. 197 (islands 

 of the Pacific Ocean). — Hydrns platurus Boitlenger, Fauna Brit. India, 

 Rept., 1890, p. 397; Cat. Sn. Brit. Mus., Ill, 1896, p. 267 (Indian and 

 Pacific oceans: Ooshima, Loo Chools.; Formosa). — Boettger, Kat. Schl. 

 Mus. Senckenberg. , 1898, p. 112. — Stejneger, Journ. Sci. Coll. Tokyo, 

 XII, Pt. 3, 1898, p. 223 (Kilung, Formosa; Pescadores Is.).— Wall, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. London, 1903, pp. 95, 101 (Hongkong; Formosa; Loo Choos); 

 1905, II, p. 516 (Okinose, Sagami). — Nikol.ski, Zap. Imp. Akad. Nauk, 

 S. Peterburg (8), XVII, no. 1, 1905, p. 291 (Possiet Bay). 



1788. Anguis platurosGuEhiN, Syst. Nat., I, Pt. 3, p. 1122 (Pine Isle, Pacific Ocean; 

 Forster, collector) (emendation). 



1799. Hydrus bicolor Schneider, Hist. Amph., I, p. 242 (type-locality not speci- 

 fied; specimen in Mus. Blochianum). — Pelamis bicolor Daudin, Hist. 

 Nat. Rept., VII, 1803, p. 366 (Bengal).— Swinhoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (3), XII, 1863, p. 225 (Kelung, Tamsui River, Formosa). — Strauch, 

 Mem. Acad. Sci. Petersb. (7), XXI, no. 4, 1873, p. 199 (Possiet Bay, 

 Siberian Coast Province). — Hilgendorf, Mitth. Deutsch. Ges. Ost.- 

 Asiens, I, heft 10, July, 1876, p. 30 (Prov. Kaga, Hondo; Setanai, Prov. 

 Kunashiri, Yezo). — Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost.-Asien, Zool., I, 

 1876, p. 382 (Strait of Formosa). — Doederlein, Mitth. Deutsch. Ges. 

 Ost-Asiens, III, heft 25, Dec. 1881, p. 210 (west coast of Hondo and 

 Yezo).— Boettger, Offenbach. Ver. Naturk. 26-28 Ber., 1888, p. 91 

 (Hongkong). — Ilydrophis {Pelamis) bicolor Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Ver. 

 Hamburg, III, 1856, p. 61 (Indian Ocean; west coast Mexico). — Hydro- 

 phis bicolor Jan, Icon. Ophid., livr. 40, 1872, pi. ii, fig. 4; pi. in, fig. 2 

 (China Sea).— Okada, Cat. Vert. Japan, 1891, p. 69 (Noto; Hoki; Totomi; 

 Idzumo). 



1817. Pelamis schneideri Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., I, p. 432 (substitute 

 name for Hydrus bicolor Schneider). 



1837. Hydrophis pelamis Schlegel, Phys. Serp., I, p. 187; II, p. 508; Atlas, pi. 

 xviii, figs. 13-15 (substitute name); Fauna Jap., Rept., 1837, p. 90 (voy- 

 age Ix'tween Java and Japan, north to 27° N. lat.). — Boettger, Offen- 

 bach. Ver. Naturk. 17-18 Ber., 1878, p. 8 (Japan). 



1837. Hydrophis pelamis var. Schlegel, Fauna Jap., Rept., Ophid., pi. viii 

 (Borneo). 



1842. Pelamis ornata Gray, Zool. Miscell., p. 60 (type-locality, India; type in 

 Brit. Mus.). 



1854. Pelamis bicolor var. variegata Dumeril and Bibron, Erpet. Gen., VII, Pt. 2, 

 p. 1337 (Macassar, Celebes).— Jan, Icon. Ophid., livr. 40, 1872, pi. iii, fig 3. 



1854. Pelamis bicolor var. sinuata Dumeril and Bibron, Erpet. G6n., VII, Pt. 2, 

 p. 1338 (locality unknown). 



1856. Hydrophis {Pelamis) bicolor var. alternans Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Ver. 

 Hamburg, III, 1856, p. 63 (substitute for var. variegata). 



1863. Hydrophis bicolor var. maculala Jan, Elenco Sist. Ofid., p. 109 (Indian 

 Ocean); Icon. Ophid., livr. 40, 1872, pi. iii, fig. 1. 



oFrom TtXari'i;, flat; oiipa., tail. 



