10. TKOPIDONOTtJS, 229 



of the suout, nearly as long as tlic parietals ; lorcal as long as deep ; 

 one prie- and two or three po.stoculars ; temporals 2 -{-2 or 2 + 3; 

 nine (exceptionally ten) upper labials, fourth and fifth (or fifth and 

 sixth) entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 17 rows, smooth or faintly keeled. Ventrals 142-154 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 62-83, Brown or black above, with small 

 jiale markings or dots ; two outer rows of scales, and the ventrals 

 and subcaudals yellowish with dark margins ; upper lip uniform 

 yellowish ; frequently a light, curved, longitudinal streak on each 

 side of the nape. 



Total length GOO millim. ; tail 150. 



Pegu, Burma. 



a. 2 (V. 142 ; C. 62). ? Zoological Societv. (Tvpe.) 



b~e. c? (V. 144, 144 ; Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 



C. 70, 83) & 2 (V. 



154, 154 ; C. 78, 80). 



30. Tropidonotus modestus. (Piate XIV. fig. 3.) 



Tropidonotus modestus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 232 ; Anders. 

 An. Zool. Hes. Yunnan, p. 817 (1879) ; Bouleny. Faun. Ind., 

 Rept. p. 343 (1890). 



Eye rather small. Rostral twice as broad as deep, just visible 

 from above ; internasals as long as broad, shorter than the prae- 

 frontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long as 

 broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one (or two) prse- and 

 two or three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 (1 + 2, or 2 + 2) ; nine 

 upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, feebly keeled. 

 Ventrals 154-168; anal divided; subcaudals 96-122. Olive- 

 brown above, with small black spots, and a more or less distinct 

 series of small yellowish spots, or a yellowish stripe, along each side 

 of the back : sutures between the labials black ; lower surfaces 

 yellowish, with a series of blackish spots on each side of the 

 ventrals, or yeUo-uash in the middle and blackish on the sides, or 

 nearly entirely blackish. 



Total length 600 millim. ; tail 180. 



Khasi Hills and Western Yunnan. 



a-h. S (V. 166, 163; Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdon,Esq. [P.]. 



C. 114, ?). (Tvpes.) 



c-d. c? (V. 168; C. ?) Cherra Punji, Khasi Dr. J.' Anderson [P.]. 



it $ (V. 159 ; C. Hills. 



102). 



