D3. oLiGODON. 239 



Total length 350 millim. ; tail 55. 

 Philippine Islands. 



a. d (V. 158; C. 41). Philippine Islands. II. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 



b. c? (^ . 170; C. 41). S. XegTos. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



7. Oligodon notospilus. 



Oligodon notospilus, Gi'mih. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 109, pi. xviii. 

 tig. A. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals 

 shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 verj' small, longer than deep ; one pra^- and one postocular ; tem- 

 porals 1 + 2 ; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; three lower labials in contact with the anterior cliin-sbields, 

 which are a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rov^s. 

 Ventralsl42; anal entire; subcaudals 32. Dark purplish brown 

 above, with yellow dots and a series of large transverse, rhomboidal, 

 yellow, black-edged spots ; head yellow, with two chevron- shaped 

 black bands, the anterior passing through the eyes, the posterior 

 with the point on the frontal shield ; uniform yellowish inferiorlv. 



Total length 260 millim. ; tail 40. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. $ (V. 142 ; C. 32). Mindanao. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



(Type.) 



8. Oligodon everetti. (Plate XI. fig. 1.) 

 Oligodon everetti, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 524. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above slightly shorter 

 than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals 

 shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal very small, longer than dcej) ; one prae- and two 

 postoculars ; temporals 1-f 2 ; seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 

 rows. Yentrals 154 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 46. Slaty grey 

 above, with three blackish-brown stripes, the middle one three scales 

 wide and enclosing a series of small yellowish-brown rhomboidal 

 spots ; head brown above, with two chevron-shaped black bands, 

 the anterior passing through the eyes, the posterior with the point 

 on the frontaL shield ; uniform coral-red beneath, the outer ends of 

 the ventral shields black. 



Total length 370 millim. ; tail 70. 



North Borneo. 



a. 2 (V. 154 ; C. 46). Mt. Kina Baloo, A. Everett, Esq. rC.l 



(Type.) 



