201 



to those of the preniaxilhiries ;uul tin- jiiiKtion of nidi's iiiid poht^-rior 

 edge of the frontal is aii<,'ulai-. 



No detailed comparisou is lu't-dcd with llu- .snialltT. >li.)rt-nos«.d .md 

 relatively broader skull of S. xrntfii. 



Measurements. — Collector's external nusisinvnicnth of tvi>«': iiead 

 and body, 191 ; tail, 165; hiud-foot, 43; ear, \7Ji. Cranial nieuKun*- 

 meats: greatest lenijjth, 46 ; l)asal length, 3!».l ; palatal l»'n'^,'tli, 21..'); 

 diastema, 10.6 ; maxillary tooth-row, 9 ; nu'dian hnigtli of nasalH, \'.i ; 

 greatest breadth of combined nasals, 6.2 ; inter-orbital bivadth, 16.2 ; 

 cranial breadth above roots of zygomata, 21.3 ; zygomatic breadth, 27. 



Specimens Examined. — Thirty, all from the tyj^*' locality. 'Ilic 

 series includes a number of specimens in which the buff of the che.-.t 

 and median abdomen is slightly tinged with tawny. 



MIT.VTION I. 



Example. — Adult female (skin and skull). No. 2124 lO, Selangor 

 Museum, collected 10th September, 191(». Original No. 3595. 

 Other details as above. 



Characters and Colours. — Like the ty[K' Imt with the chest and 

 whole of the abdomen tawny buft" and under-sides of limbs intense buff. 



Measurements. — For measurements gee p. 205. 

 Specimens with this appearance. — Ten, all from the iyyti- 

 locality. 



MITATIOX J. 



Example. — Adult male (skin and skull), No. 2134,10, Selangor 

 Museum, collected 10th September, 1910. Original No. 3584. 

 Other details as above. 



Characters and Colours. — Like the ty^H' above l>ut with the 

 butt" annulations coarser; Ix'low, tawny ; the dark latenil stripe grizzh-d 

 and much obliterated over its whole extent by the rohmr of the 

 abdomen. 



Measurements. — For measm'ements xer p. 2o.'). 



Specimens with this appearance. — Six, all from the ty{)e IcH-ality. 



Ml T\TI(>N-.t. 



Example.— Adult male (skin and skull), No. 21M» lo. Sflungor 

 Museum, collected 12th Sei)tem])er, I9l0. Ori-rinal No. Mi-^H. 

 Other details as above. 



Characters and Colours. -Slightly paler than N. i>rrh,nl,.nn. 

 above; similar Indow but with tiie dark lateral strii^' grizzled with 

 ochraceous-butt" and reduced to a width of less than •". nun. by the 

 supei-ficial extension of the rufous alxlomen ; slightlv darker tlum 

 the typical S. proteus above, and otherwise very diffen«nt. 



Measurements. — For measurements *»«•<• p. 206. 



Specimens with this appearance.— Six. all from the t\\^ locality. 



