90 BOID.E. 



supraocular ; a large lorcal ; a large prceocular, with several small 

 scales below it ; one or two postoculars ; a series of suboculars may 

 separate the eye from the labials ; ten or eleven upper labials, the 

 first two deeply pitted ; anterior and posterior lower labials feebly 

 ])itted. Scales in 53 to 57 rows. Ventrals 160-175 ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 28-32. Brown or brick-red above, with a dorsal series 

 of round pale spots, which may be confluent into a stripe on the 

 posterior part of the back ; a black line along the middle of the 

 liead, followed by elongate whitish black-edged spots ; sides of body 

 with greyish black-edged spots or ijudulous bands ; sides of head 

 dark, with an oblique light streak from behind the eye to the 

 angle of the mouth ; lower parts whitish, uniform or spotted with 

 brown. 



Total length 1370 millim. ; tail 120. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



a. Ad., stflcl. Singapore. 



h. Ad.' (8c. 67 ; V. 172 ; Malacca. Zoolog. Socielv. 



C. 28). 



c. Yg. (Sc. 53 ; V. 161 ; Telaiig, S.E. Ilr. F. Grabowsky [C.]. 



C. 28). Borneo. (Dr. J. G. Fischer.) 



5. CHONDROPYTHON. 



Choudropython, A. B. Metjer, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 134 ; Sauvaye, 

 Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 1878, p. 36 ; Boulenq. Bull. Soc. Zool. 

 France, 1879, p. 146. 



No prfcmaxillary teeth. Anterior maxillary and mandibular 

 teeth very large, posterior small. Head distinct from neck, covered 

 with small scales ; nostril in a large, single or divided nasal, sepa- 

 rated from its fellow by a pair of internasal shields, which are 

 themselves separated by a series of scales ; rostral, anterior upper 

 labials, and middle lower labials with deep pits. Eye moderate, 

 with vertical pupil. Body more or less compressed ; scales small, 

 smooth. Tail moderate, prehensile ; subcaudals in two rows. 



New Guinea. 



1. Chondropython viridis. 



rython viridis, Schleg. JDierenluin, Bept. p. 54 (1872), 

 C;hc)iidropyt]ion azureus, A. B. Meyer.i Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 134 ; 



Bctcrs Si' Doria, Ann. Mns. Genova, xiii. 1878, p. 403 ; Bouleng. 



Bull. Soc. Zool. Fnmce, 1879, p. 146. 

 pulcher, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 1878, p. 37. 



Eostral as deep as broad, or a little deeper than broad ; hcad- 

 scalcs granular, 17 to 20 across the forehead, from eye to eye ; the 

 scales round the eye not enlarged ; 12 to 15 upper labials, first and 

 second, or first, second, and third ])itted, sixth, seventh, and 

 eighth, or eighth and ninth entering the eye ; seventh to twelfth, 

 eighth to thirteenth, or ninth to fourteenth lower labials pitted. 

 Scales in 57 to 61 rows. Yentrals 227-240 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 75-109. Bright green above, uniform or with a series of 



