LYCODON, 133 



and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; no loreal ; praefrontal in contact with the 

 second and third labials ; a prseocular, not reaching the frontal ; 

 2 or 3 postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3 or 3 + 3; 9 upper labials, 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the e^^e ; 5 lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. 

 Body slender. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 215-228, 

 angulate laterally ; anal entire ; subcaudals 75-98. Brown above 

 and below, with a few distant yellowish-white rings, some or all 

 of which may become obsolete in the adult ; young with a 

 yellowish streak on each side of the top of the head. 



Total length 700 millim. ; tail 170. 



Cantor's type is from the G-reat Hill of Penang, and a specimen 

 was obtained in Kelantan by Dr. Gimlette. The species occurs 

 also in Sumatra and Borneo. 



139. Lycodon butleri. 



Boulen^. Ami. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) vi, p. 193 (1900); id. Journ. 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. Bombay, xiii, p. 336 (1900). 



Eostral twice as broad as deep ; internasals shorter than the 

 prsefroutals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal more than twice as long as deep, bordering the eye below 

 the single praeocular ; 2 postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 ; 8 upper 

 labials, third, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 5 or 6 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as the posterior. Body slightly compressed ; scales in 17 rows, 

 dorsals very feebly keeled. Ventrals 228, strongly angulate 

 laterally ; anal entire ; subcaudals 88. Blackish brown above and 

 beneath, with 43 rather irregular annuli of whitish spots or light 

 edges to the scales. 



Total length 540 millim. ; tail 115. 



Discovered in Perak, Larut Hills, at an altitude of 5000 feet, 

 where it is very common, by Mr. A. L. Butler. 



140, Lycodon subcinctus. 



Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 651 ; Bouleng. Cat. Su. i, p. 359 (1893) ; S. 



Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 665. 

 Lycodon platurinus, Cantor, Jomn. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 916 



(1847). 

 Ophites subcinctus, Giiuth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 322 (1864). 



Snotit much depressed, broad but not spatulate. Eostral much 

 broader than deep; internasals much shorter than the prsef rentals; 

 frontal slightly longer than broad, shorter than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, much shorter than the pai'ietals ; loreal 



