384 COLTJBRIDJ^,. 



shields ; posterior chin-shields longer than the anterior, and in con- 

 tact anteriorly. Scales smooth, in 13 rows. Ventrals 194-1 97 : anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 102-1 30. Blackish brown above, the sides yellow 

 on the anterior portion of the body ; upper lip yellow : lower parts 

 yellow anteriorly, with a lateral series of blackish-brown spots, turn- 

 ing to brown towards the midde, the posterior portion of the body 

 and the tail being of a uniform blackish brown above and below. 



Total length 900 millim. ; tail 500. 



Celebes. 



a. S (V. 197 ; C. 102). Manado. Dr. Bleeker. (Type 



oi Megablahes olivaceus.) 



2. Zamenis korros. 



Coluber korros, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 1.39 (1837), cmd Abhihl. 



p. 99, pis. xxvii. & xxviii. figs. 1-6 (1840) ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. 



Sept. p. 74 (1847). ' 

 Corypbodon korros. Z)?^w. c^- ^/5r. vii. p. 186 (1854); Gilnth. Cat. 



p". 110 (1858) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 24, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1867). 

 Ptvas korros, Cope. Proc. Ac. PMIad. 1860, p. 563; Gi'mth. ReH. 



Brit. Ind. p. 250 (1864) ; rheoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 169 



(1876) ; Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 816 (1879). 

 Zamenis korros, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 324 (1890). 



Snout slightly projecting, obtuse ; eye very large. Rostral a 

 little broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals shorter 

 than the prpefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two 

 thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the 

 snout, or a little longer, and as long as the parietals ; usually two 

 or three loreals ; one large prseocular, usually not touching the 

 frontal, with a small subocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 2-t-2 ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 shorter than the posterior ; latter in contact anteriorly. Scales 

 smooth, or feebly keeled on the posterior part of the back in the 

 adult, in 15 rows. Ventrals 1G2-177 ; anal divided; subcaudals 

 122-145. Brownish or olive above, the scales on the posterior 

 part of the body and on the tail edged with black ; lower surfaces 

 uniform yellow ; young with transverse series of roundish pearl- 

 coloured spots, forming cross bands. 



Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 600. 



Sikkim Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Western Yunnan, Southern 

 China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java. 



a. S (V. 166; C. 122). ' Kiu Kiang. A. E. Pratt, Esq. [C.]. 



h, c. 5 (V. 167 ; C. ?) & Hong Kong. J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 hgr. (V. 166 ; C. P). [?•]• 



d. c? (V. 164; C. ?). Iloi-How, Hainan. J. Neumann, Esq. [P.]. 



e. $ (V. 176; C. 136). India. Capt. Stafford [P.]. 



f. S (V. 176; C. ?)• Siam. M. Mouhot [C.l. 

 V/. Hgr. (V. 169; C. 139). Mergui. Prof. Oldham [P.]. 

 '//. Hgr. (V. 172; 0.130). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 



i. S (V. 177 ; C. 135). Pinang. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



