SNAKES. 



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t-X. Adult : not good state. India. Presented by W. C. Mas- 

 ters, Esq. 



fi. Adult. India. 



V. Adult : bleached. India. Presented by Dr. Russell. 



|-?. Half-grown : not good state. India. Presented by W. C. 

 Masters, Esq. 



T. Young. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



V. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



cf). Adult. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



yJA. Adult. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



o). Adult : bad state. India. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



aa. Adult. India. 



bb-dd. Adult : bad state. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



ee. Half-grown. India. 



ff. Half-grown. India. 



gg. Young. India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



hh. Young. India. Old Collection. 



Var. D. Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pi. 3/. Lycodon capucinus, 

 Boie. Lycodon atro-purpureus, Cantor. 



ii. Adult : bleached. Java. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



kk. Adult. Java. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 



11. Young. Java. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 



mm. Adult : bad state. Borneo ? Presented by Captain Sir E. 



Belcher. 

 nn. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 00. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 

 pp. Adult. Tenasserim Coast. Presented by Dr. Paekmann. 

 qq. Half-grown. India. 



Var, E. Schlegel, Ess. ii. pi. 4. f. 4, 5. 

 No specimen in the British Museum. 



Var. F. Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. 29 (belongs perhaps to Co- 

 ry phodon fasciolatus). 



2. Lycodon mIjlleri. 



Dum. ^ Bibr. p. .382. 



Rostral raised above the surface of snout, extending between 

 the frontals ; two anterior oculars. Greyish brown, with a dorsal 

 series of large rounded brown spots. 



a-c. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Description. — Body rather slender, compressed ; tail elongate ; 



