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REPTILES. 



n, o. Adult : rather discoloured. India. Old Collection. 



p. Adult. Sine patria. 



q. Adult : tail injured. Sine patria. Presented by the College 



of Surgeons. 

 r. Half-grown : very bad state. Sine patria. 



8. Tropidonotus stolatus. 



Coluber stolatus, Linn. Mus. Ad. Fried, t. 22. f. 1, and Syst. 

 Nat. ed. xh. t. i. p. 379 ; Laurenti, Syn. Rept. p. 95 ; Shaw, Gen. 

 Zool. hi. p. 542. Coronella cervina, Laurenti, I. c. p. 88. Coluber 

 cervinus, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 1114; Lacep. Hist. Nat. des Serp. 

 ii. p. 107; Latr. Rept. iv. p. 80; Daud. Rept. vii. p. 161 ; Russell, 

 Ind. Serp. i. 1. 10, ii. 19, and ii. 1. 15. B. (young). Natrix stolata, 

 Merr. Tent. p. 123. Tropidonotus stolatus, Boie, Isis, 1827, 

 p. 535; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 317. Amphiesma stolatum, Dum. <§r 

 Bibr. vii. p. 727. 



Scales in nineteen rows ; upper labials eight (seven), the third, 

 fourth and fifth touching the eye. Above olive-brown, with two 

 yellow or light bands, and a series of black cross bars between ; 

 black streak under the eye along the meeting margins of the 

 fourth and fifth upper labial shield ; abdomen white, each plate 

 on the sides black-spotted. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by Sir J. 

 MacGrigor. 



c. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Sir J. Banks. 



d. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



e. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by A. Paul, Esq. 



/. Adult : bad state. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, 

 Esq. 



g. Half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by Sir J. Banks. 



h. Half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by Captain Gascoigne. 



i, k. Adult. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



l-n. Adult. Madras. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



o. Adult. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



p-r. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by Captain Bevan. 



s. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



t . Not in good state. Nepal. Presented by B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



u, v. Adult and young. Benares. Presented by Dr. Sayer. 



w. Young. Benares. Presented by Dr. Sayer. 



x. Large specimen. Khasya. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



y. Adult : tail injured. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bow- 

 ring, Esq. 



z. Young. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



a. Adult: not good state. China. Presented by J. Reeves, Esq. 



