93. OLIGopoN. 239 
Total length 350 millim.; tail 55, 
Philippine Islands. 
a. 3 (V. 158; C. 41). Philippine Islands. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 
Type.) 
6. g (V.170; C.41). 8S. Negros. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
7. Oligodon notospilus. 
Oligodon notospilus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 169, pl. xviii. 
fig. A. 
Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 
its distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals 
shorter than that between the preefrontals ; frontal longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 
very small, longer than deep: one pre-and one postocular; tem- 
porals 1+2; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 
eye; three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. 
Ventrals 142; anal entire; subcaudals 82. Dark purplish brown 
above, with yellow dots and a series of large transverse, rhomboidal, 
yellow, black-edged spots ; head yellow, with two chevron-shaped 
black bands, the anterior passing through the eyes, the posterior 
with the point on the frontal shield ; uniform yellowish inferiorly. 
Total length 260 millim. ; tail 40. 
Philippine Islands. 
woe. 14) 10. 32). Mindanao. Dr. A. B, Meyer [C.]. 
(Type.) 
8. Oligodon everetti. (Prater XI. fig. 1.) 
Oligodon everetti, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 524. 
Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above slightly shorter 
than its distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals 
shorter than that between the preefrontals ; frontal longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the 
parictals ; loreal very small, longer than deep; one pre- and two 
postoculars ; temporals 142; seven upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 
rows. Ventrals 154; anal entire; subcaudals 46. Slaty grey 
above, with three blackish-brown stripes, the middle one three scales 
wide and enclosing a series of small yellowish-brown rhomboidal 
spots; head brown above, with two chevron-shaped black bands, 
the anterior passing through the eyes, the posterior with the point 
on the frontal shield ; uniform coral-red beneath, the outer ends of 
the ventral shields black. 
Total length 370 millim. ; tail 70. 
+ North Borneo. 
a. 9 (V.154; C., 46). Mt. Kina Baloo. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
(Type.) 
