48. LYCODON. 357 



Ventrals 235-257, strongly an<2;ulato laterally ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 78-91 pairs. Brown or puri)lo above, uniform or with 

 white and black marblinjjs ; belly whitish, or pale brown with 

 yellowish dots and square blotches. 



Total length 940 millim. ; tail 170. 



Bengal, Assam (?), Mergui. 



10. Lycodon storini. 

 Lycodon stormi, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1892, p. 418. 



Head strongly depressed ; eye small, llostral not much broader 

 than deep, just visible from above ; internasals much shorter than 

 the pra?frontals ; the latter longer than broad ; frontal as long as 

 the internasals and praifrontals together, much shorter than the 

 pariotals ; loreal large, nearly as deep as long, not entering the 

 eye ; one prteocular, not reaching the frontal ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals l-|-3 ; eight upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

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

 which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 19 rows. 

 Ventrals 217, angulate laterally; anal entire; subcaudals 75, all 

 single. Slate-colour, witli whitish annuli, which are most marked 

 on the lower surface. 



Total length 597 millim. : tail 109. 



Celebes. 



11. Lycodon albofuscus. 



Sphecodes albofuscus, Diim. Si- Bibr. vii. p. 304 (1854). 



Ophites albofuscus, Giinth. Cat. p. 207 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 323 (1864) ; Boulemj. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (5) xvi. 1885, p. 389 ; 



Mocquard, N. Arch. Mus. (3) ii. 1890, p. 144. 



Snout moderately depressed, not spatulate ; eye moderate. Ros- 

 tral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals half as 

 long as the praefrontals ; frontal as long as broad, as long as the 

 praefrontals or a little longer, much shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal a little longer than deep, not entering the eye ; one prse- 

 and two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2; eight upper labials, 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. Body very slender. Scales in 17 rows, all strongly 

 keeled. Ventrals 238-256, strongly angulate laterally ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 155-208 pairs. Blackish brown above, young 

 ydih. yellow cross bands ; yellowish beneath. 



Total length 1770 millim. ; tail 590. 



Sumatra, Mas, Borneo. 



a. S (V. 238 ; C. 155). Nias. Hr. Sundermann [C.]. 



h. Yg. (V. 248; C. 204). ? Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 



