44. BooDON. 327 



1. Cyclocorus lineatus. 



Lycodon Unpatus, licinli. Driusk. Vid. Sel.sk. Afh. x. 1843, p. 241, 



'pi- i- tijxs. 7-U. 

 Cvclocoriis lineatus, Dum. % Bihr. vii. p. 386 (1854) ; G'unth. Cat. 



■p. L>08 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 36, pi. vi. tig. 2 (1870). 



Ilostral nearly twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from 

 above ; internasals shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and 

 two thirds to twice as long as broad, longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, mush shorter than the parictals ; loreal as 

 long as deep or a little longer ; two praj- and two postoculars ; tem- 

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

 entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Yentrals 142-156; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 40-53. Urown above, with three darker longitudinal 

 streaks, the middle of which widens on the head ; a lateral series 

 of light dots may be present ; lower parts yellowish, uniform or 

 with triangular black spots ; a series of triangular black spots along 

 each side of the belly and tail. 



Total length 520 millim. ; tail 105. 



Philippines. 



a-d. 2 (V. 153; C.47) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



hgr. (V. 142, 148, 144 : 



C 49, 53, 48). ' 



e. cS (V. 144 ; C. 52). Philippines. Purchased. 



44. BOdDON. 



Lvcodon, part.. Hole, Isis, 1827, p. 521 ; Schleg. Phijs. Serp. ii. 



p. 104 (1837). 

 Boiiedon, Dum. (^ Bibr. Mem. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 1853, p. 400, and Erp. 



Gen. vii. p. 357 (1854) ; Jmi, Elenco sist. OJid. p. 95 (1863). 

 Alopecion, Dum. Sf Bibr. II. cc. pp. 462, 416. 

 Eugiiathus, Dum. Sf Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 404. 

 Holuropholis, A. Dum. Bev. et Maq. Zool. 1856, p. 465 ; Gdnth. 



Cat. Col. Sn. p. 200 (1858) ; Jan, I. c. p. 98. 

 Boodou, Gi'mth. I. c. p. 198; Paters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. p. 133 



(1882), 



The five or si.x anterior maxillary teeth enlarged, forming a 

 slightly interrupted series with the remainder ; 18 to 24 maxillary 

 teeth altogether ; anterior mandibular teeth strongly enlarged. 

 Head not or but slightly distinct from neck, more or less depressed ; 

 eye small or moderate, with vertically elliptic pupil. Body cylin- 

 drical : scales smooth, with apical pits, .in 21 to 31 rows: ventrals 

 rounded. Tail short or moderate ; subcaudals in two rows or single. 

 Hypapophyses developed throughout the vertebral column. 



Tropical and \South Africa. 



