29. BRAcnroRKHUs. 305 



120-131; aual entire; suboaudals 17-31. Dark brown above, 

 uniform or witb tbrce rather indistinct darker longitudinal lines, 

 and a yellowish collar ; lower surfaces uniform dark brown. 



Total length 2:')0 millini. ; tail 20. 



Travancore and Madura Hills. 



a-c. c? (V. 118, li^O; C. Travancore. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



25,i>8)& ? (V. 129; (Types.) 



C. 17). 

 rf. 2 (V. 131; C. 17). Travancore. Col. Beddome [CI. 



e. S (V. 129; C. 31). Madm-a Hills, 5000 Cnl. Beddome [C.]. 



feet. (I'yP*^ of Xylophis indicus. ) 



20. BRACHYORRHUS- 



Brachvorrhos, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 519; Ihim. 3r Bibr. Erp. Gi-n. vii. 



p. 510 (1854); Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 13 (1858) ; J««, ^rc/%. Z>,ol. 



Anat. P/ii/s. ii. 1802, p. 18. 

 Braehyorrbos, part., Wa;/!. Si/st. Amph. p. 190 (18.30). 

 Calamaria, part., ScJi/cf/. I'lii/s. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 

 Calamopbis, Mei/cr, Man. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 135. 

 Mainoplus, Macleaif, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. W. ii. 1877, p. 36. 

 Atractoceplialiis, SamYHjc, Bull. Sor. Philom. (7) iii. 1S79, p. 02. 

 O.xyorrlios, Fischer, Vcrh. nut. Ver. Hamb. (2) iii. 1879, p. 89. 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 22, subequal ; posterior mandibular teeth a 

 little shorter than the anterior. Head not distinct from neck ; ej'e 

 small, with vertically subelliptie pupil ; nostril pierced in a small, 

 single or divided nasal; a pair of internasals (sometimes united): 

 no loreal : pra^ocular present or absent. Body cylindrical : scales 

 smooth, without apical pits, in 17 or 19 rows ; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail short ; subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed 

 throughout the vertebral column. 



Malay Archipelago and Xew Guinea. 



1. Brachyorrhus albus. 



Coluber albus, Linn. Mus. Ad. Frid. p. 24, pi. xiv. tig. 2 (1754), and 



S. X. I. p. 378 (1700); Merron, Beifr. Gcsch. Amph. ii. p. 30, 



]il. vii. (1790); Daud. Bept. vii. p. 49 (1803). 

 brachyurus, S/iaic, Zoot. iii. p. 470 (1802); Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. 



Vei-f/l. Anat. p. 89 (1820 )._ 

 Braehyorrbos albus, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 522 ; Dum. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 51 1 



(18o4); Giinth. Cat. ]i. 13 (1858); Jan, Icon. Gen. 13, pi. ii. 



iigs. 4 & 5 (1805) ; Peters 4" Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 1878, 



p. .385. 



kulilii, Boie, t. c. p. 540. 



Calamaria braehyorrbos, part., ScMeg. Phys. Serj). ii. p. 33, pi. i. 



figs. 21-23 (1837). 

 Ilbabdion gastrottenia, Bleck. Xat. l^ijdschr. Xederl. Ind. xxii. 1800, 



p. 42. 

 Calamopbis jobiensis, Mei/er, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1874, p. 135. 

 Maiuophis rubusta, Mucleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. If. ii. 1877, p. 36. 

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