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the typical coloration described above , many of them show- 

 ing a similar coloration as the young ones long after having 

 attained to maturity. 



So there are in our collections 2 specimens from Deli , 

 attaining to a length resp. of 35 and 41 cm., which show- 

 exactly the same coloration as the young ones. 



The same is the case with 3 specimens of nearly the 

 same length, two from East-Java, one from Borneo. 



Another specimen, collected by S. Muller in Borneo, 

 having a length of 36 cm. shows the coloration of the 

 young ones , except the white spots on the sides , which 

 are transformed in real cross-bands , 32 on each side of 

 the body. These cross-bands are placed alternatively on 

 each side of the body, but the last 5 are so regularly 

 arranged as to flow togetlier on the back. All the cross- 

 bands reach the ventralia and form there laterally placed 

 horse-shoe shaped white spots. Along the white cross- 

 bands spots of a brownish color may be seen. The end of 

 the tail also shows a brownish color. 



It is very probable that this brownish color was a red 

 one when the snake was alive. 



A similar coloration as the foregoing specimens shows 

 a snake presented to the Leyden Museum by the Museum 

 of Berlin under the name of Trimesurus suhannulatus Gray. 

 This specimen collected in Lu9on has a length of 55 cm. 

 and only 23 scales in a transverse series on the thickest 

 part of the body. The color is bluish-green on the back, 

 green on the sides, and pale green on the ventralia. The 

 end of the tail is reddish. The white and brownish line 

 on the sides of the head is present. A series of 25 white 

 and brownish spots or streaks on each side of the body. 

 Seven similar small streaks on each side at the root of 

 the tail. The labialia are green , and the ventralia are 

 not terminated by black edgings , but show instead of 

 them some irregular dark green spots. 



There can be no doubt that this specimen also belongs 

 to B. Wagleri. 



Notes from tlie ILieyden. Museixm , Vol. "VIII. 



