354 



A. 5 (V. 200; C.73). 

 fi. llgr. (V.184; C. 02). 



COLUlJUID.Ti. 



Kangra, Jlimalaj^as. Messrs. v. Sclila;iin- 



tweit I C.]. 

 Sandovvay, Aracau Major Binj>hani [P.]. 

 Coast. 



y_^, J (V. 18.3, 184 ; C. Touugoo. 



()5, 09). 

 o. cJjlV. 188; C. 08). Tcnassoriin Coast. 



TT-p. Yg. (V. 187, 195 ; C. Siain. 



07, 00), 

 o-. 2 (V. 201 ; C. 70). Camboja. 



r. ? (V. 207; C. ?). Pinaug. 



V, rf). 2 (V. 205; COO) .t Java. 



yg.(V. 190; C.71). 

 X. 6 (V. 197; C.71). Java. 



Ki/,a}, an. c? (V. 192; C.50), Pliilippines. 

 2 (V.199; C.77),&yg. 



(V. 201; C.74). 

 hh. 5 (V. 209; C. 70). Luzon. 



E. W. Gates, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 llr. Packman [P.]. 

 II. II. Xewniau, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 M. Mouhot [C.]. 

 Dr. Cantor. 

 J. l>o\vring, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 G. Lyon, Esq. [P.]. 

 II. Ciiuiiug, Esq. 

 [C.]. 



Dr. A. B. Mover 



[C.]. 

 cc-dd. 2 (V. 198 ; C. 03) Butiian, Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. 



& yg. (V. 183 ; C. 08). [C.]. 



ec. 9 (V. 224: C. 70). Port Louis, Mauritius. L. Douton, Esq. [P.]. 



J^/, W- d (V. 199, 198; C. Bourbon. L. Bout on, Esq. [P.]. 



■ 75, ?). 

 Jih. Skull. Java. 



E. Each upper labial with a brown spot ; no collar ; no light spots 

 or lines. {L. 'iinicoloy, Boie.) 



u Yff. (V 205; C. 07). Madras. J. E. Boileau, Esq. 



[P.]. 



0. Lycodon laoensis. (Plate XXIY. fig. 2.) 

 Lycodon laoensis, Giiiith. Ilept. Brit. Ind. p. 317 (1804). 



Snout much depressed but not spatulate ; eye rather small, 

 llostral much broader than deep, just visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the prajfrontals ; frontal once and one third 

 to once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from 

 the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate, 

 separated from or but just touching the internasals ; one pra?ocular, in 

 contact with the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals small, 2-\-''6 ; 

 nine upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 

 four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. 

 Yentrals 179-185, obtusely angulate laterally ; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 68-73 pairs. Dark brown above, with a whitish cross 

 baud on the occiput and others on the back which bifurcate on 

 the sides ; lower parts white. 



Total length 470 millim. : tail 100. 



Si am. 



a, b. J (Y. 179 ; C. 08) & 



2 (Y. 185; C. 08). 

 c. 2 (Y. 183; C.73). 



Lao Mountains. M. Mouhot [C. 1. 

 Siani. 



(Types 



