208 REPTILES. 



14. Cyclocorus, Dum. 8f Bibr. 



Body stout, compressed, especially the posterior part ; tail 

 moderate; head broad, with broad muzzle, rounded in front; 

 pupil round ; shields of crown regular ; rostral rather small, just 

 reaching the surface of head ; anterior frontals small, posterior 

 ones large ; vertical elongate, with nearly parallel lateral edges ; 

 two nasals, nostril situated more in the anterior ; one moderate 

 loreal, two anterior and two posterior oculars. Scales smooth, 

 short, rhomboid, rather large, in seventeen rows. Anal and 

 subcaudals entire. Philippine Islands. 



Cyclocorus, Dum. <\ Bibr. vii. p. 385. Lycodon, sp., Rein- 

 hardt, Konyel Danske Videnskab. Afhandl. 1843, p. 241. 



1. Cyclocorus lineatus. 



Lycodon lineatus, Reinhardt, I. c. t. 1. f. J-9. Cyclocorus 

 lineatus, Dum. fy Bibr. p. 386'. 



Brown, with a blackish dorsal band ; above and beneath 

 marbled with dark brown. 



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



/;. Adult : not good state. Philippine Islands. From Mr. 

 Cuming's Collection. 



e. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Col- 

 lection. 



d. Half-grown. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's Col- 

 lection. 



