704 G. A. BOULENGER 



prae- ami three (exceptionally two) postoculars ; temporals 

 1 -h i or 1-1-2 (rarely 2 -H 2) ; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 lifth, or third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye, sixth and 

 seventh equal, or sixth or seventh largest. Scales strongly keeled, 

 in I J rows. Ventrals 141-170; suLcaudals yG-8l2. Olive, ?jrown, 

 or blackish, w itii small black spots, or with cross-bars anteriorly; 

 subcaudals, and often also the ventrals, edged with l)lack. Larger 

 and more slender than T. picturalus. 



51. Tropidonotus doriae, sp. n. — Dentition as in T. pictiiratns 

 and T. mairii (^:2o-29 maxillary teeth). Eye rather large. Rostral 

 twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals as 

 long as broad or a little longer than broad , broadly truncate 

 in front , as long as the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half 

 to once and two thirds as long as Inroad, longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout , shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 deeper than long; two prae- and three postoculars; temporals 

 usually 2 H- 2, sometimes 1 + 2 or 1 + 1 ; eight (exceptionally 

 nine) upper labials, third, fourth and fifth (or fourth, fifth and 

 sixth) entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields , which are shorter than the po- 

 steriors. Scales in 17 rows, strongly keeled, outer rou feebly 

 keeled. Ventrals 146-158; anal divided; subcaudals 09-79. Yel- 

 lowish, reddish, or dark grey above, with more or less distinct 

 black or blackish cross-bars as in 7'. mairii^ var. semicinclus, 

 D. & B. ; upper labials yellowish, with black sutures; yellowish 

 beneath, uniform or with some darker dots, none of the shields 

 with dark edges. 



Total length 990 millim. ; tail 250. 

 Haveri, Moroka. 18 specimens. 



52. Stegonotus modestus, Schleg. — Hula, Haveri, Bara Bara, 

 Samarai. 



The numerous specimens vary so much in scaling and in 

 coloration that I now consider S. reticulatus, Blgr., as merely 

 a variety of S. ///odest//s. 



53. Dendrophis calligaster, r.thr. — Hula, inawi, I'.ara Bara. 

 5A. Dendrophis lineolatus, Hombr. c'v: Jacq. — Haveri, Bara Bara. 



