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LYGOSOMA EMIGRANS. 



with white ; belly white , the upper and lower labials with 

 dark brown and white spots. 



Six specimens from the island of Soeraba. Another spe- 

 cimen from Groot-Bastaard quite agrees with them only 

 being of a darker and more uniform coloration. 



Two specimens, captured by S. Muller at the island of 

 Samao and now in our collections, do belong to this spe- 

 cies. Though very much bleached through the action of 

 the spirits, the dark line running over the tympanum and 

 through the eye is still clearly visible. 



Measurements on three specimens from Soemba. 



mm. 



mm. 



mm. 



Snahes. 



13. Typhlops braminus Daud. 



One specimen from Timor, another from Soemba. 



14. Elaphis suhradiatus Schl. 



One specimen from Timor , another specimen and a head 

 from Rotti. Both specimens with 23 rows of scales, all 

 with 9 upperlabials , the fourth being a very small one 

 lying beneath the lower praeocular, the fifth and sixth 

 entering the orbit. The black line running along the sides 

 of the neck to the posterior temporal shield is present in 

 the Timor-specimen , but absent in both specimens from 

 Rotti, both of them being of a uniform brown colour 

 except the black line behind the eye. 



15. Cerberus rhyncliops Schn. 



Several specimens from Rotti and Soemba. 



16. Dendrophis pictus Boie. 



Que specimen from Timor , two from Rotti. 



Notes from the Leyden ]Museum, Vol. XVI. 



