igii.] N. Annandale: The Fauna of Yunnan. 217 



plants. They are apparently nocturnal, for a group which were 

 under observation in a garden for three months in the autumn of 

 1909, used to lie snugly together in the open end of a bamboo 

 during the day, wriggling closer together if approached. At dusk 

 they emerged one by one, remaining at the mouth of the bamboo 

 for a few minutes before taking a leap on to the spray of an adja- 

 cent rose bush which was their favourite and apparently only 

 hunting-ground. When approached with a light they showed great 

 alarm, jumping rapidly and far, and apparently at random, their 

 adhesive feet taking firm hold at the instant of contact with a 

 twig or leaf. They seemed to like water, for a small quantity was 

 always lying collected at the bottom of the bamboo in which they 

 lived, and during rain or when water was poured in on them they 

 invariably came up half way to meet it. During the three months 

 of observation they made no sound ; this was perhaps owing to it 

 not being the time of the breeding season. 



The specimens from Pu-piao were obtained at an elevation of 

 4,500 feet, living on the top of a thick high hedge. Tengyueh itself 

 has an elevation of 5,365 feet." 



The collection also includes specimens of several species of 

 Rana , but their condition forbids a precise identification. 



Reptiles. 



6. Japaliira yunnanensis , Anderson. 



Anderson, Anat, Zool. Res. Yunnan Exp., p. 803 pi Ixxvi fio- 2 

 (1878). ' ^ 



A specimen from Yang-pi. 



7. Acanthosaura dymondi, Boulenger. 



Boulenger, Ann. Mag, Nat. Hist. (7), xvii, p. 567 (1906). 



A specimen from Ta-lu, Yung-pe Ting district (alt. 7,800 

 feet). I have compared it with one of the types from Yunnan Fu 

 (alt. 6,400 feet). 



8. Ablabes porphyraceus (Cantor). 

 A young specimen from Mong Wan (alt. 3,100 feet), 



g. Zaocys nigrouiarginatus (Blyth). 

 A specimen from Lu-shui-ho in the province of Ssu-chuan. 



10, Coluber taeniurus, Cope, 



Specimens from Tengyueh and Ma-chan-kai (6,000 feet) in the 

 Tengjmeh district. 



