70 REPTILES. 



p. Adult : without viscera. India. Presented by Prof. Oldham 



as T. junceus. 

 q. Young. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 

 r. Young. India. 



10. Tropidonotus trianguligerus. 



Tropidonotus trianguligerus, Reinw. ; Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 535 ; 

 Schleg. Ess. pi. 12. f. 1-3 ; Bum. ty Bibr. vii. p. 590. 



Scales in nineteen rows; upper labials nine, the fourth, fifth 

 and sixth touching the orbit; anterior ocular one, posterior 

 three. Above brown ; on the side of the trunk a series of large 

 red (in spirits olive-brown) triangular blotches, separated one 

 from the other by black spots, and becoming indistinct towards 

 the middle of the body; ventral plates either uniform yellowish 

 or dark-edged. 



Cantor (Catal. of Malayan Rept. p. 89) is wrong in identifying 

 this species with Tr. umbratus ; the specimens in the British 

 Museum, one of whicb is named by Herr Schlegel from the 

 Leyden Museum, prove the difference in number and dispo- 

 sition of the upper labials. 



a. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



b. Adult : bad state. Borneo. From Mr. Low's Collection. 



c. Half-grown. Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



d. Half-grown : not good state. Singapore. Presented by 



General Hardwicke. 



e. Half- grown : tail injured. India. Presented by General 



Hardwicke. 

 /. Adult : bad state. Sine patria. From the Haslar Collection. 



11. Tropidonotus chrysargus. 



Tropidonotus chrysargus, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 534; Schleg. 

 Ess. t. 12. f. G, 7- Steriophis chrysargus, Fitz. Syst. Rept. 27. 

 Amphiesma chrysargum, Dum. $f Bibr. vii. p. 739. 



Scales in nineteen or twenty-one rows ; upper labials nine, the 

 fourth, fifth and sixth touching the eye; anterior oculars two, 

 posterior three. Above brown ; on each side of the trunk a series 

 of black blotches, in the centre of which a yellow (in spirits 

 white) spot ; belly yellow, on the sides marbled with purple. 



a. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



b. Adult : injured. Java, From the Leyden Museum. 



c. Nearly half-grown : not good state. Batavia. 



