DIP,iADOMOBPHUS. 169 



roundish dark brown spots and two other series ol smaller spots 

 lower down on the sides ; two blackish bands on the head, diverg- 

 ing posteriorly ; a blackish streak from the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth ; lower parts whitish, marbled or spotted with brown, and 

 with a series of brown spots along each side. 



Total length 750 milliin. ; tail 165. 



Southern China to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 

 Obtained by Cantor in the hills of Penang. 



183. Dipsadomorphiis gokool. 



Dipsm (jokool, Umy, 111. lud. Zool. ii, pi. xxxiii, Hg. 1 (1834); 



(luiith. Rept. Brit. Iiid. p. 313 (1864) ; Bouleug. Faun. Brit. 



Ind., Kept. p. 3(50 (LSitO). 

 Bipsas ci/nodoH, part., Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, 



p. 924(1847). 

 Dipsadomorphts (jokool, Bouleug. Cat. Sn. iii, p. 64 (1896). 



Anterior palatine teeth scarcely larger than the posterior; 

 anterior mandibular teeth feebly enlarged. Snout longer than 

 eye. Kostral a little broader than deep; frontal as long as broad 

 or slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end 

 of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or 

 deeper than long ; 1 or 2 prteoculars, not extending to the upper 

 surface of the liead ; 2 postoeulars ; temporals 2 + 3; 8 upper 

 labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 4 or 5 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin- 

 shields as long as the anterior and in contact with each other. 

 Scales in 21 rows, the vertebral row strongly enlarged. Ventrals 

 224-225 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 87-94. Yellowish brown 

 above ; head with an arrow-headed brown, black-edged marking, 

 longitudinally bisected ; a black streak on each side of the head, 

 passing through the eye ; a yellowish vertebral streak ; a series of 

 erect Y-shaped markings on each side of the back ; lower parts 

 yellowish, with a series of brown spots along each side. 



Total length 830 millim. ; tail 170. 



Bengal, Assam, Penang. 



184, Dipsadomorphus dendrophilus. 



Dipsas dendrojMhis, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 549 ; Cantor, Journ. Asiat. 



Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 923 (1847) ; Gunth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 310 



(1864). 

 Dipsadomorphis dendrophilus, Bouleng. Cat. Sn. iii, p. 70 (1890) ; 



S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 680 ; Ridley, Journ. Str. Br. Asiat. 



Soc. 1899, p. 199. 



Malay names. UUir ringlcuj) aud ular cJiin-chui mas ; ular 

 puiiti ; ular tiyong. 



Anterior palatine teeth scarcely longer than the posterior ; 

 anterior mandibular teeth moderately enlarged. Snout longer 



