284 COLUBRID. 
a 3 (V2127; C.66). Java. Leyden Museum. (One 
of the types.) 
b-c. g (V.128; C.638)& 2 Java. Hr. Friihstorfer [C.}. 
(V. 134; C. 58). 
d. 3 (V. 127; C..69). Java. 
eee (Vv. Lov C, 64). Salak, Java. R. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 
een, 127; (C; 69). Willis Mts., Kediri, Baron v. Huegel [C.]. 
Java, 5000 ft. 
g. & (V. 124; C.?). Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
h. 2 (V. 134; C. 60). Sarawak. 
ie (V.. dO) Cy 7b). Sarawak. Rajah Brooke [P.]. 
k. 2 (V. 1385; C. 70). Baram, Sarawak. <A. Everett, Esq. [P.]. 
Bio (V. 1183 Ci: 66); Bunguran Id., A. Everett, Esq. [C. ]. 
Natuna Ids. 
hs Qi ss Te Gur). Padang, Sumatra. 
n—-o. 3 (V. 120, 124; Deli, Sumatra. Prof. Moesch [C.}. 
C. 68, 74). 
p-q. & (V. 121, 119; Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
Cr7ly 70). 
10. Ablabes scriptus. 
Ablabes scriptus, Theob. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 42, and Cat. 
Rept. As. Soc. Mus. 1868, p. 49, and Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 154 
(1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 805 (1890). 
Closely allied to A. baliodirus. Scales in 13 rows. Preeocular 
one; postoculars two, small; loreal very small, much smaller than 
postocular ; prefrontals broader than long ; upper labials eight, the 
third, fourth, and fifth entering the orbit ; a long narrow temporal, 
forming a suture with both postoculars and the sixth and seventh 
labials ; seventh labial largest, more than twice as broad as the 
temporal ; two pairs of chin-shields, the hinder rather larger than 
the other, first in contact with four labials; lower labials seven, 
fifth largest. Colour above brown ; a few black dots on either side 
of spine on the front part of the trunk; a black mark under the eye, 
followed by a white upright border involving the postoculars; a 
black-bordered white patch on the last upper labial, and a white 
collar on the nape. Beneath white. 
Martaban, Burma. 
11. Ablabes longicauda. 
Ablabes fongicaudus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 574, and Ann. 
Mus. Genova, iii. 1872, p. 35, pl. v. fig. 1. 
—— quinquestriatus, F. Miiller, Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vi. 1878, 
p- 657, pl. ii. fig. B, and vii. 1882, p. 143. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; nasal divided ; 
eye three fourths the length of the snout; suture between the 
internasals as long as or a little shorter than that between the 
prefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the 
snout, shorter than the parictals ; a small loreal, as long as deep or 
a little deeper than long, sometimes confluent with the posterior 
nasal; one or two pre- and two postoculars} temporals 1+2 ; 
