360 ADDENDA. 



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 16 a. Oligodon taeniurus. 



Oligodon tTiiiurus, F. Mull Terh. nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1894, p. 820. 



Nasal entire. Portiou of rostral visible from above as lonp; as 

 its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals a little 

 longer than that between the pra?frontals ; frontal once and a half 

 as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one prse- 

 and two postoculars ; temporals 1 +2 ; seven iippcr labials, third 

 and fourth entering the e}'e ; four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-sliields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows. Ventrals 145-154; anal divided; subcaudals 23-28. 

 Dark brown above, anteriorly with small orange dots, posteriorly 

 with a reddish vertebral stripe ; flanks pale grej', separated from 

 the belly, on the anterior third of the body, by a black stripe oc- 

 cupying the outer ends of the ventrals ; lower parts yellowish white, 

 clouded with fine greyish dots. 



Total length 275 millim. ; tail 35. 



Celebes. 



a. J (V. 145 ; C. 28). Pinogo, Bona Valley. Drs. P. & F. Sarasin [P.]. 



(One of the types.) 

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113 ffl. AGEOPHIS. 

 Agrophis, F. Milll. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1894, p. 827. 

 Maxillary teeth 14, subequal ; mandibular teeth slightly decreasing 

 in size posteriorly. Head small, not distinct from neck ; eye very 

 small, with round pupil ; nostril between two nasals, the anterior 

 of which is very small ; no pra?ocular, loreal and prsefrontal entering 

 the eye ; internasals and supraoculars very small : parietals in contact 

 with labials. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without apical pits, 

 in 15 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail short ; subcaudals in two rows. • 

 Celebes. 



1. Agrophis sarasinoruin. 

 Agrophis sarasin orum, F. Miill. I. c. fig. 



Snout long, obtusely pointed. Eostral large, the portion visible 

 from above a little shorter than its distance from the frontal ; prse- 

 frontals twice as long as nasals ; frontal large, rhomboidal, as broad 

 as long, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; supraocular very small ; a minute postocular ; 

 five upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth largest 

 and forming a long suture with the parietal ; symphysial not quite 

 touching the anterior chin-shields, which are a little longer than 

 the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Yentrals 139-141 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 37-40. Tail pointed. Blackish brown above, strongly 

 iridescent, whitish beneath ; ventrals and subcaudals darker in front. 



Total length 190 millim. ; tail 30. 



Celebes. 

 a. $ (V. 141 ; C. 37). Gunung Masaraug. Drs. P. & F. Sarasin [P.]. 



