Jovrn. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 205 ; Tlieoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. 

 Iml. p. 20G (1876) ; Blanf. Jonn,. As. Soc. Be?!;/, xlviii. 1879, 

 p. 127; Boulenff. Faun. Ind., Rept.]). 246 (189U) ; W. Sdater, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beny. Ix. 1891, p. 232. 



Hostral broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals not 

 more than once and a half as long as broad, followed by a i^air of 

 large pra)frontals ; a large supraocular, separated from its fellow by 

 a pair of front als ; two pra3- and three or four post oculars ; eleven 

 to thirteen upper labials, two anterior deeply pitted, sixth or seventh 

 entering the eye, if not separated by a series of suboculars ; a few 

 of the anterior and posterior lower labials feebly pitted. Scales in 

 61 to 75 rows. Yentrals 242-1^05 ; anal entire; subcaudals 60-72. 

 Greyish brown or yellowish above, with a dorsal series of large 

 elongate subquadrangular reddish-brown black-edged spots, and on 

 each side a series of smaller spots with light centres ; a lance-shaped 

 marking on the head and nape ; a lateral brown stripe passing 

 through the eye, and a brown vertical bar below the eye ; lower parts 

 yellowish, sides brown-spotted. 

 ' Total length 2450 millim. ; tail 300. 



Grows to 30 feet(W. Elliot, llcp. Brit. Assoc. 1870,Trans. p. 115). 



India and Ceylon, JSouthern China, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



a. S (Sc. 73; V. 255; C. 63). Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



b. Ad., stffd. India. 



c. J (Sc. 67 ; V. 245 ; C. 64). India. Zoolog. Society. 



d. Yg. (Sc. 69 ; V. 265 ; C. 68). India. 



e. Ad., skel. Ceylon. 



7. Python anchietse. 

 Python ancliietpe, Socage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. xii. 1887, p. 87. 



Upper surface of head covered with small subeqxial scales, except 

 a pair of internasals and a pair of prajfrontals, which are separated 

 along the median line by two series of small scales ; eye surrounded 

 by a circle of small scales : fourteen upper labials, the five anterior 

 pitted. Scales in 57 or 59 rows. Ventrals 253-267 ; subcaudals 

 46-47. A large triangular reddish-brown blotch covers the greater 

 part of the upper surface of the head, and is bordered by a white 

 black-edged band ; it bears in the middle, behind the level of the 

 eyes, a round white black-edged spot ; back and sides pale reddish 

 brown, with black-edged white spots and bands, the latter circum- 

 scribing large areas of the ground-colour, the centres of which are 

 occupied by the spots ; beiieath yellowish, with a few irregular 

 brown spots on the sides. 



Total length (of young specimen) 1050 millim. ; tail 100. 



Benguela, S.W. Africa. 



8. Python regius. 



Seba, Thes. i. pi. Ixii. fig. 1 (1734), and ii. pi. cii. (1735). 

 Poa regia, Slunc, Zool. iii. p. 347, pi. xcvi. (1802). 

 Cenchris regia, Gray, (jlrif. A. K. ix. Sy7i. p. 97 (1831). 



