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t-A. Adult : not good state. India. Presented by W. C. Mas- 

 ters, Esq. 



p. Adult. India. 



v. Adult : bleached. India. Presented by Dr. Russell. 



£-s. Half-grown : not good state. India. Presented by W. C. 

 Masters, Esq. 



r. Young. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



v. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



(f>. Adult. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



\/>\ Adult. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



<». Adult : bad state. India. Presented by Mrs. Mauger. 



aa. Adult. India. 



bb-dd. Adult : bad state. India. From Mr. Argent's Collection. 



ee. Half-grown. India. 



ff. Half- grown. India. 



gg. Young. India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



hh. Young. India. Old Collection. 



Var. D. Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pi. 37. Lycodon capucmus, 

 Boie. Lycodon atro-purpureus, Cantor. 



ii. Adult : bleached. Java. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 



kk. Adult. Java. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 



//. Young. Java. Presented by J. Bowring, Esq. 



mm. Adult: bad state. Borneo? Presented by Captain Sir E. 



Belcher. 

 nn. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

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

 pp. Adult. Tenasserim Coast. Presented by Dr. Packmaim. 

 qq. Half-grown. India. 



Var. E. Schlegel, Ess. ii. pi. 4. f. 4, 5. 

 No specimen in the British Museum. 



Var. F. Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. 29 (belongs perhaps to Co- 

 ry phodon fasciolatus). 



2. Lycodon mulleri. 



Bum. Sf Bibr. p. 382. 



Rostral raised above the surface of snout, extending between 

 the frontals ; two anterior oculars. Greyish brown, with a dorsal 

 series of large rounded brown spots. 



u-c. Adult. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Description. — Body rather slender, compressed; tail elongate ; 



