256 COLUBRID^. 



head, with narrow transverse black streaks ; an oblique black streak 

 below the eye, another bohiud the eye, and a third on each side of 

 the neck ; lower parts yellowish, dotted with brown posteriorly. 



Total length 050 millim. ; tail 180. 



Burma (Pegu and Tenasserim). 



a-b. (V. 155, 158 ; C. 89, Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]. 



88). 



61. Tropidonotus subminiatus. 



Tropidonotus subminiatus, Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 313 (1837) ; 



Giinth. Cat. p. 69 (1858), and Rept. Brit. hid. p. 265 (1864) ; 



Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 177 ; Stoliczka, Joiirn. As. Soc. 



Beng. xl. 1871, p. 434, pi. xxvi. tig. 3 ; Tlieoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. hid. 



n. 177 (1876) ; Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 822 (1879) ; 



'Boulenc/. Faun, hid., Rept. p. 347 (1890). 

 Amphiesma subminiatum, Dwn. 4" Bibr. vii. p. 754 (1854) ; Jan, 



Arch. Zool. An. Phys. iii. 1865, p. 234, and Icon. G4n, 29, pi. i. 



fig. 3 (1868). 

 Tropidonotus manadensis, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 170. 



Eye moderate or rather large. Eostral twice as broad as deep, 

 just visible from above ; internasals as loug as broad or a little 

 longer, broadly truncate anteriorly, shorter than the pra^frontals ; 

 frontal once and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as 

 long as or a little longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or deeper 

 than long ; one prteocular, three postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 

 2 + 3 ; eight upper labials normally, third, fourth, and fifth 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, 

 strongly keeled, of the outer row smooth. Yentrals 132-166 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 65-87. Brownish, greyish olive, or olive- 

 green above, adult uniform or with black and yellow reticulations ; 

 neck often tinged with bright vermilion ; a dorso-lateral series of 

 light spots may be present ; a black oblique spot below the eye, on 

 a white ground, is usually present ; young with a jet-black cross 

 band on the nape, bordered with yellow posteriorly ; belly yellowish ; 

 frequently a black dot on the outer end of each ventral shield. 



Total length 1060 millim. ; tail 255. 



From the Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, and Southern 

 China, to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



a. 9 (V. 164; C. 76). Himalayas. T. C. Jerdou, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. ^ (V.IM; C. ?). Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.], 



c. 2 (V. 166 ; 0. 86). Khasi Hills. Dr. Griffith. 



■ d. Yff. (V. 163; C. 82). Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



[P.]. 



e-ff. 6 (V. 139; C. 76), Hong Kong. J. C. Bowrmg,Esq. 



hgr. $(V.143;C.68), [P.]. 

 & yg. (V. 132 ; 0. 70). 



h. c? (V. 164; 0. 76). Toimgyi, Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway 



5000 feet. [C.]. 



