DIPSADOMORPHUS. 171 



longitudinal streak on the occiput ; yellowish beneath, speckled 

 with bi'own. 



Total length 1400 millim.; tail 370. 



Java and Borneo. Obtained in Kelantan by Dr. A. G. H. Smart 

 aud in Selangor by Mr. Butler, but nowhere common. Becorded 

 from Singapore by F. Miiller, Yerh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vii, 1882,. 

 p. 151. 



186. Dipsadomorplius drapiezii. 



Dipsas drapiezii, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. -559. 



Dipsado7norphns drapiezii, Bouleiig. Cat. Sn. iii, p. 74 (1896) ; 

 S. Flower, P. Z. 8. 1896, p. 889. 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth moderately enlarged. 

 Eye as long as snout. Bostral broader than deep ; internasals 

 shorter than the prsetroutals ; 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 small or absent; one 

 prseocular, in contact witli or narrouly separated from the frontal; 

 2 postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2, 2 + 3, or 3 + 3; 8 upper labials., 

 third, fourth, and fifth, or fourth and fifth, entering the eye; 5 or 

 6 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, wliich are 

 as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 1 9 rows, 

 A'ertebral row scarcely enlarged. A''entrals 250-276 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 114-163. Pale bro\AU above with dark transverse 

 spots, or brown with yellowish or reddish, dark-edged pale trans- 

 verse bands each of which ends in a white spot on the side of the 

 belly ; brownish white below, uniform or speckled with brown, 

 with two more or less distinct brown longitudinal lines. 



Total length 1524 millim. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Recorded from Malacca 

 and Singapore. 



187. Dipsadomorphus iiigriceps. 



Dipsas 7iiffricej}s, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) xii, 1863, p. 359. 

 Dipsadomorphus nigriceps, Bouleng. Cat. Su. iii, p. 72 (1896). 

 Dipsadomorphus 2}aUidus, BouXeno;. Fascic. Mai., Zool. i, p. 164, tig. 

 (1903). 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth enlarged. Snout longer 

 than eye. Bostral broader than deep ; frontal as long as broad, or 

 a little longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of 

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

 longer than deep ; one prseocular, in contact with or narrowly 

 separated from the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 1 + 2, 

 24-3, or 3 + 3; 8 upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering 

 the eye ; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are usually shorter than the posterior. Scales in 

 21 rows, vertebral row strongly enlarged. Ventrals 240-263 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 140-154. Head uniform blackish or 



