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REPTILES. 



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



c. Adult. Benares. Presented by Dr. Sayer. 



d. Adult. East Indies. Original specimen of Dr. Russell. 



e. Half-grown. East Indies. Presented by the Rev. Gerard 



E. Smith. 

 /. Largest specimen ; 3' long. India. Presented by the Zoological 



Society. 

 g. Adult. India. — In / and g, rostral thick. 

 h. Half-grown. India. 



i. Half-grown : injured. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 

 k. Adult : not good state. India. Presented by the College of 



Surgeons. (=/.) 

 /. Adult. India. Prom the Collection of the Zoological Society. 



(=/■) 



6. CORYPHODON HEXANOTUS. 



Coluber hexanotus, Cantor, Catal. of Malayan Rept. p. 74. 



Above nearly uniform dark brown. Scales smooth, in seven- 

 teen rows, those of the vertebral line larger, six-sided ; posterior 

 oculars three ; only one upper labial reaching the orbit. 



a. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Sir James Brooke. 



b. Adult. Singapore. Presented by General Hartlvvicke. 



c. Adult : without tail. Singapore. Presented by General 



llardwicke. 



d. Half-grown. Singapore. Presented by General Hardwicke. — 



On the anterior part of back a dark longitudinal zigzag 

 line. 



7. CORYPHODON KORROS. 



Coluber korros, Reinw. ; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 139, and Abbildg. 

 t. '27. t. 28. f. 1-6. Coluber cancellatus, Oppel, Mus. Paris ; Boie, 

 Isls, 182/, p. 537. Coryphodon korros, Dum. cy Bibr. vii. p. 186. 



Olive : scales on the hinder part of body and on the tail black- 

 edged. Scales smooth, in fifteen rows. 



a. Adult. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 



b. Adult. China. 



c. Half-grown. Mergui. Presented by Prof. Oldham as Pole- 



pidotes Hindus (?) ; without intestines. 



d. Adult. Penang. Presented by General Hardwicke, 



e. Adult. Hong Kong. Presented by J. C. Bowring, Esq. 

 /. Adult. Sumatra. From the Leydeo Museum. 



g. Adult : injured. India. Presented by Captain Stafford. 

 A. Adult. Java? From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



