4. PYTHON. 89 



rythoii bollii, Gray, Kaf. Mkcvll. p. 44 (1842). 



— — rogius, Dinn. S^ liibr. vi. ]). 412 (1844); Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 97, 



1. 8, pi. V. (lsG4) ; F. Midi. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1885, 



p. 07(). 

 Hortulia rcgia, Gray, Cat. p. 90 (1849). 



Rostral as broad as deep, visible from above ; intcrnasals nearly 

 twice as long as broad, followed by a pair of large prajfrontals ; a 

 large supraocular, separated from its fellow by a pair of frontals 

 or by several small shields ; two or three prai- and tliree or four 

 postocxdars, and a series of suboculars usually separating the eye 

 from the labials ; ten or eleven upper labials, four anterior deeply 

 pitted, fifth or sixth sometimes entering the eyes ; two to four of 

 the posterior lower labials feebly pitted. Scales in 53 to 63 rows. 

 Ventrals 190-207; anal entire or divided; subcaudals 30-37. 

 Upper surface of head dark brown, with a pale, black-edged streak 

 on each side, beginning above the nostril and passing through tho 

 eye ; a dark brown, black-edged baiul occupies the back, sending 

 down triangular or Y-shaped processes on the sides, which are pale 

 brown ; this dorsal baud encloses a light streak on the neck, another 

 on the tail, and a series of from ten to eighteen light round or oval 

 spots ; belly yellowish, with or without small brown spots on tlie 

 sides. 



Total length 1240 millim. ; tail lOO. 



Senegambia and Sierra Leone. 



a, b. Ad. (So. 55, 55; Gambia. Lord Derby [P.l. 



V. 205, 198; C.31,32). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 55; V. 200; Gambia. Mr. IJendid [C.]. 



C. 32). (Tvpe of P. heUii) 



d. Yg. (Sc. G3 ; V. 207 ; Gambia. Mr. ller.dal [CI. 

 C. 32). 



e. Ad. (Sc. 55; V. 197; Gambia. Sir A. Molonev fP.]. 

 C. 30). 



f-h. Yg. (Sc. 59, 59, 55; Freetown, Sierra IM)iuzey, Esq. [C."l. 



V. 201, 190, 202 ; C. 37, Leone. 



37, 32). 



i. Ad. (Sc. 53; V. 200; W.Africa. Sir J.McGngorrP.l. 



0.34). 



k. Ilgr., stffiJ. W. Africa. 



U. Python curtus. 



Python curtus, Schleg. Dierentuin, Btpt. p. 54, fig. (1872) ; HnbrecJit 

 Notes Lei/cl. iT/ws. i. 1879, p. 244; L'lanf. I'roc. Zool. Soc. ISSl 

 p. 222 ; Bouleny. Froc. Zool. Soc. 1889. p. 432, pi. xlv. ' 



breitensteiui, StehnK Sitzb. Ah. ll'ien, Ixxxii. 1881, p. 2G7 • 



Fisc/ter, Arch. f. Nat. 1885, p. G8, pi. v. fig. 6. 



Aspidoboa curta, Sauvage, Bull. ^oc.Fhilom. (7) viii. 1884, p. 143. 



Eostral broader than deep, visible from above; internasals as 

 broad as long, separated from the frontal and the supraoculars by 

 two pairs of large pra?frontals ; frontal longitudinally divided 

 foHowcd by several pairs of transverse parietal shields; a large 



