360 



COLtTBKID^. 



black above, brown or yellowisli brown below, with a white 

 occipital blotch and wideh'-separated rings on the body and tail ; 

 these markings become less distinct or entirely disappear in the 

 adult. 



Total length 1000 millim. ; tail 180. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines. 



a. 2 (V. 220; C. 71). 



b. S (V. 220; C. 79). 



c. 5 (V. 22(3; C. 77). 



d. Yg. (V. 220;C.78). 



e. 2 (V. 219 ; C. 79). 

 f,g-h. 6 (V. 215; C. 



80) & yg. (V. 209, 

 214; C. 81, 83). 



i. S (V. 216; C. ?). 



h. Yg. (V.209;C.67). 



/. Yg. (V. 198; C. 61). 



Pinang. 

 Singapore. 

 Singapore. 

 Deli, Sumatra. 

 Pajo, SiHuatra. 

 Nias. 



Java. 



Salak, Java. 

 Mindanao. 



Dr. Cantor. 



Dr. Dennvs [P.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



Prof. Moesch [C.]. 



Hr. C. Bock [C.]. 



llr. Sundermaun [C] 



A. Scott, Esq. [P.]. 



R. Kirkpatrick, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 



Htjeriah sanguiventek, Cantor, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52, is 

 probably a Lycodon. 



" Claret-purple above, with metallic lustre ; blood-coloured be- 

 neath. Ventrals 207 ; subcaudals 99, the 14 anterior of which 

 are entire." (See Giinther, Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 222, fig.) 



Valley of Nepal. 



49. DINODON. 



Dinodou, Dum. cS'- Bihr. Mem. Ac. He. xxiii. 1853, p. 463, and Erp 

 Gen. vii. p. 447 (1854) ; Peters, Siizb. Ges. naturf. Frennde, 1881, 

 p. 90. 



Lycodon, part., GUnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 201 (1858), and Kept. Brit. 

 'Ind. p. 315 (1864) ; Jan, Elenco sist. OJid. p. 97 (1863). 



Eumesodon, Cojie, Proc. Ac. Pkilad. 1860, p. 262. 



Lepidocephalus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Pliilad. I860, p. 498. 



? Proterodon, Ilallow. I. c. 



Maxillary teeth 6-1-2 or 3 + 2 or 3, the anterior gradually in- 

 creasing in size, the middle ones small, the last large, the three 

 groups separated by distinct interspaces; anterior mandibular teeth 

 enlarged. Head slightly distinct from neck; eye rather small, 

 with vertically elliptic pupil. Body more or less elongate ; scales 



Fiff. 24. 



Maxillary and mandible o^ JDinodon rvfozonatus. 



smooth or feebly keeled, with apical pits, in 17 (or 21) rows ; 

 ventrals augulate laterally. Tail moderate ; subcaudals in two 

 rows. 



China and Japan ; Himalayas (?). 



