SNAKES. 147 



k. Half-grown. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



I. Adult. Borneo. Presented by Captain Sir E. Belcher. 



m. Adult. Sumatra. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



n, o. Adult. Siam. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 



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



q. Adult. India. 



r. Adult. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



s. Young. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



Var. C. Black colour predominant : each scale black, with a 

 yellow spot in the centre, forming together on the back tetra- 

 petalous flowers. 



t. Young India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



u. Adult. Labuan. Presented by L. Dillwyn, Esq. 



v. Adult : injured. Malabar Coast. Presented by Dr. Packmann. 



w. Half-grown. Batavia. 



x. Adult. India. 



Var. D. Rather uniform; back with pairs of narrow black 

 cross bands, each pair with a red spot between : not quite adult 

 specimens. 



y. Half-grown. Borneo. From Mr. Lowe's Collection. 

 z. Half-grown. Rangoon. Presented by Dr. J. E. Gray. 

 a. Half-grown. India. Presented by Sir J. MacGregor. 

 p. Young: bad state. India. Presented by Sir J. MacGregor. 

 y. Nearly half-grown. India. Presented by the College of 

 Surgeons. 



4. CHRYSOPELEA PRjEORNATA. 



Dendrophis praeornata, Schleg. Ess. ii, p. 236. Oxyrhopus 

 prseornatus, Dum. <$• Bibr. p. 1039. 



Keels of ventral plates obsolete, only on the hinder ones con- 

 spicuous. Scales smooth, in fifteen rows; upper labials eight, 

 fourth and fifth touching the eye. Yellow : crown with five black 

 cross bands ; anterior part of trunk with black spots, confluent 

 into three longitudinal bands on the posterior parts; ventral 

 keels black-spotted. Senegal. 



a, b. Adult and half-grown. W. Africa. From Mr. Argent's 

 Collection. 



This species is so closely allied to Chrysopelea ornata, that it 

 is impossible to separate it as a different genus. 



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