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y. Adult : bad state. Kliasya. Presented by Dr. Hooker. 

 z. Adult. India. Presented by W. Masters, Esq. 



a. Adult. India. 



^3. Adult : greatly injured. India. 



y. Adult : bleached. India. Presented by Dr. Russell. Named 



by Dr. Shaw as C. ccerulescens, but does not agree with his 



description. Gen. Zool. iii. p. 514. 



b. Adult : rather discoloured. India. 

 e. Adult : not good state. Sine patria. 



17. Adult: head injured. Sine patria. FromtheHaslar Collection. 



6. Adult. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



C, t. Adult. India. Presented by Sir J. MacGregor. 



K. Adult. India. 



X. Adult. India. 



IX. Adult : injured. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



V. Adult : not good state. India. 



^. Adult. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



o. Half-grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



TT. Half-grown. India. 



p. Half-grown. India. 



Var. A. The black lines hardly conspicuous, and disappearing 

 towards the tail ; the anterior scales of the vertebral row yellow. 



s. Very large specimen. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



T. Adult. East Indies. 



V. Adult: injured. East Indies. Presentedby Sir J. MacGregor. 



(^. Adult. East Indies. 



X- Half-grown. East Indies. 



^. Young. East Indies. 



Var. B. Above the upper black edge of the yellow band a 

 second black longitudinal line. 

 CO. Half-grown. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Var. C. Muzzle elongate ; two long loreal shields. 

 aa. Adult. Ceylon. 



2. Dendrophis punctulata. 



Leptophis punctulatus, J. E. Gray in King's Australia, ii. 

 p. 432, and in Grey's West Australia, ii. p. 431. Dendrophis 

 (AhsetuUa) olivacea. Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 54. Dendrophis lineo- 

 lata, Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 200; Voy. au Pole Sud sur les Cor- 

 vettes VAstrol. et la Zelee, Ophid. pi. 2. 



Habit moderately slender. Pale uniform olive-brown, outer 

 edge of the scales white. Scales in thirteen rows. 



