SNAKES. 65 
k. In spirits. Adult. India. Presented by Dr. Patrick Russell. 
4. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. Presented by James Brooke, Esq. 
m—p. In spirits. Adult and young. Madras. Presented by J. 
C. Jerdon, Esq. 
q- In spirits. India. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 
r. In fluid. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 
s,t. In fluid. Adult. Lateral streak distinct, white; belly black- 
spotted. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
w,v. In fluid. Adult. Lateral streak nearly obliterated; belly 
very dark. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
w. In fluid. Young. Var. ? Olive above and below, slightly 
yellow varied ; side-streak broad, 33 series of scales wide, uni- 
form yellow; anterior frontal 2, separate. Borneo. From Mr. 
Lowe's collection. 
2. The Bornean Boxapam. Cerberus acutus. Homalopsis 
Schneiderii, var. Borneo, Schlegel, Phys. Serp. 341. 
Scales lanceolate, very acute: lead-coloured (adult, in spirits) ; 
lips, lower part of the sides and beneath white ; belly dark marbled ; 
cheek-streak none. 
¢. In spirits. Adult. Borneo. From the Leyden Museum, as 
“ Homal. Schneideri, Schlegel.” 
** Back and sides one-coloured. 
3. The PururpinE Boxapam. Cerberus unicolor. 
Uniform dull dark bluish gray above and below ; scales sharply 
and strongly keeled, rounded at the end; head-shields rather con- 
vex; cheek-streak none. 
a. In fluid. Adult. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
4. The Ausrratian Boxapam. Cerberus australis. Homa- 
lopsis australis, Gray, Zool, Misc. 64. 
Slate-black, in spirits: under lip and beneath white: throat 
with two oblong black streaks ; under-side with two series of large, 
square, black spots, united by a rather broad, black, central streak : 
tail black beneath: anterior frontal small, triangular; hinder rhom- 
bic: vertebral moderate, ovate; occipital small, scale-like; loreal 
square: the fifth and sixth labial shields under the eye, the first or 
second hinder ones double. 
a. In spirits. North Coast of New Holland, Port Essington. 
From Mr. Gilbert’s collection. 
6. In spirits. Australia, Port Essington. Presented by Sir John 
Richardson, M.D., R.N. 
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