150 REPTILES. 



There are one anterior and two posterior oculars ; sometimes 

 the lower of the latter is so small, as to require close examina- 

 tion, and as to have been overlooked by Dr. Gray (D. olivacea) ; 

 on the anterior part of body always thirteen rows of scales, on the 

 posterior eleven. On stretching the skin, the white edges of the 

 scales are distinctly visible. 



a. Adult : bad state. New Holland. Presented by J. Hunter, 



Esq. 



b. Adult. Australia. From the Haslar Collection. 



c. Young. Australia. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



d. Adult : injured. Moreton Bay. Presented by Mr. Strange. 



e. Young. N.E. Australia. Presented by Captain Grey. 



/, g. Adult. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 h, i. Adult. Port Essington. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 

 k. Adult. Port Essington. 

 I. Adult. Port Essington. 

 m. Half-grown : head injured. Port Essington. Presented by 



the Earl of Derby. 

 n. Adult. N.W. Australia. 

 0. Young : not good state. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's 



Collection. 

 p. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



3. DeNDROPHIS FORMOSA. 



Reinwardt, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 542; Schleg. Ess. t. 9. f. 3, 4 ; 

 Wagl. Syst. der Amph. p. 183; Bum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 199. 



Bluish green, with two lateral black stripes on each side. 

 Eyes very large. Scales in iBfteen rows. 



a. Adult. India. 



b. Adult: injured. India. 



c. Adult : bad state. India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



d. Half-grown. Affghanistan. 



e. Half- grown. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



4. Dendrophis caudolineata. 



Ahsetulla caudolineata. Gray, Ind. Zool. pi. ; Cantor, Catal. 

 p. 85. Dendrophis octo-hneata, Dum. 8f Bibr. 201. 



Brownish green : on the hinder part of the body and on the 

 tail eight black longitudinal bands, the dorsal of which are much 

 narrower than the four laterals. Scales of the vertebral row not 

 much larger than the others. Head high, rather short. 



a. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Sir James Brooke. 



