10. TEOPIDONOTUS. 



231 



Tix)pidoiiotiis qiiiucunciatus, part., Schley. Fhi/s. Serp. ii. p. 307, pi. xii. 



fi^s. 4 & 5 (ls:J7) ; Dum. ^- liihr. vii. p. 592 (1854) ; Gimth. Cat. 



p. 63 (1858), and liept. Brit. hid. p. 200 (1864), 



umbratus, Scldeij. I, c. p. 30!). 



, part., Cantor, Cat. Mai. liept. p. 89 (1847). 



Amphiesma flavipiinctatum, Ilalluw. Froc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 503. 

 Tropidoiiotiis tytleri, Blytli, Juurn.As. 5oc. Bemj. xxxii. 1863, p. 88. 



' Havipunctatus, Gunth. liept. Brit. Ind. p. 270. 



striolatus, Thcob, Cut. liept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 55 (1808). 



quincuiiciatiis, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. P/ii/s. iii. 1865, p. 224, 



and Icon. Gen. 27. pi. i. (1808); Stoliczku, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beny. 



xxxix. 1870, p. 190; Anders. An. Zool. lies. Yunnan, p. 821 



(1879) ; Boetty. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Naturk. 1888, p. 76. 

 piscator, part., Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 349, fig, (1890). 



Eye rather small, shorter than its distance from the nostril in the 

 adult, llostral visible from above ; internasals much narrowed 

 anteriorly, subtriangular, with the anterior angle truncated, as long 

 as the pra:;frontals ; frontal once and two thirds to twice as long as 

 broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long 

 as the parietals or a little shorter ; loreal nearly as long as deep ; 

 one prse- and three (rarely four) postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 

 2 + 3 (rarely 1 + 2); nine upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are shorter than the posterior. Scales more or less strongly 

 keeled, of two or three outer rows smooth, in 19 rows. Yentrals 

 125-150 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 70-90. Yellowish or pale 

 olive above, with black spots or stripes ; two oblique black streaks, 

 one below and the other behind the eye. 



Total length 1200 millim. ; tail 300, 



India, Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and 

 -Archipelago, 



A. Above with black spots arranged qiiincuncially ; these spots 

 may be so large as to occupy nearly the whole up])er surface, 

 the animal appearing black with small yellowish spots ; beUy 

 uniform vellowish. 



a,h. Hgr. $ (V. 148, 150; 



C. 87,?), 

 c, d. $ (V. 150, 141 ; C. ?, 



90), 

 6--/. Yg.(V.141,134;0.?,?), 

 y-h. cJ (V. 140; C. 90) & 



vg. (V. 136; C.84). 

 i. "Yg. (Y. 136 ; C. 84). 

 k, I. 6 (Y. 141 ; C. ?) & vg. 



(Y. 138 ; C. 85). 

 m. $ (V. 147 ; C, 71). 

 n. $ (V. 149 ; C. 84). 

 o. Hgr. S (V. 133 ; C, 87). 

 p. $ (Y. 143 ; C. ?). 

 y-r. $ (Y. 145, 147; C. 73, 



83). 



Messrs. v, Schlagin- 



tweit [C], 

 Dr, Leith [P.]. 



Dr. Saver [P.], 

 Sir W; Elliot [P.], 



J, E. BoUeau, Esq. [P,]. 

 Col, Beddome [C.]. 



Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



ludia. 



NearToungoo. E. W. Gates, Esq. [P.]. 



Singapore. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



Java. Dr. Ilorsfield. 



Sind. 



Bombay, 



Benares. 

 jNIadras, 



Madras, 

 Anamallavs. 



