208 REPTILES. 



14. Cyclocorus, Dum. 4* Bibr. 



Body stout, compressed, especially the posterior part ; tail 

 moderate; head broad, with broad muzzle, rounded in front; 

 pupil round ; shields of crown regular ; rostral rather small, just 

 reaching the surface of head ; anterior frontals small, posterior 

 ones large ; vertical elongate, with nearly parallel lateral edges ; 

 two nasals, nostril situated more in the anterior ; one moderate 

 loreal, two anterior and two posterior oculars. Scales smooth, 

 short, rhomboid, rather large, in seventeen rows. Anal and 

 subcaudals entire. Philippine Islands. 



Cyclocorus, Dum. Sr Bibr. vii. p. 385. Lycodon, sp., Rein- 

 hardt, Kongel. Danske Videnskab. Afhandl. 1843, p. 241. 



1. Cyclocorus lineatus. 



Lycodon lineatus, Reinhardt, I. c. t. 1. f. 7-9. Cyclocorus 

 lineatus, Dum. c^ Bibr. p, 386. 



Brown, with a blackish dorsal band ; above and beneath 

 marbled with dark brown. 



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



b. Adult : not good state. Philippine Islands. From Mr. 



Cuming's Collection. 



c. Half-grown. Philippine Islands, From Mr. Cuming's Col- 



lection. 



d. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Col- 



lection. 



