On a noil Snake /roin liar inn. 40*J 



rxtonially \vi(li greyish fiiscoin, hind tarsal joiiifs faintly 

 SjiotteJ. 



Tifp^, ? (70095) Mas. WUm. 



I'lab. Japan {Pry>'r, 188(j). Unique. 



A small and very distinct species, of whicli, iinfortimatelv, 

 I have only a single female. 



[To be continued.] 



LI 1 1. — Description of a neio Snake of the Genres Ablabei 

 from Burma. By G. A. BoiJLENGER, F.R.S. 



Ablabes Hamptoni. 



Snout short, convex, profile curved from the frontal region 

 to the lip; eye three fourths the length of the snout ; rostral 

 once and a half as broad as deep, just visible from above ; 

 nasal divided ; internasals a little longer than broad, a little 

 shorter than the prajfrontals ; frontal once and two thirds as 

 long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal small, longer than 

 deep; a large prseocular, with a second very small shield 

 below it; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are much 

 longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 15 rows. Ven- 

 trals 194 ; anal undivided ; subcamlals 7G. Uniform greenisii 

 grey above (in spirit), white beneath and on the upper lip. 



Total length 1050 millim.; tail 220. 



This species, which is closely allied to A. JJorite, Blgr., 

 differing in the broader rostral shield, was discovered by 

 ]\Ir. Herbert Hampton at Magok, on the Irawaddi, about 

 12 miles north of Mandalay. Together with the snake 

 which I have the pleasure of naming, Mr. Hampton has 

 presented to the British Museum examples of the following 

 reptiles obtained by him at the same place, which are inter- 

 esting from tho point of view of the geographical distri- 

 bution : — Oymnodactylas khasiensis, Jerdon; Trirhinopkolis 

 nuchalisj Blgr. ; Lycodon fasciutus, And. ; Si motes violaceus^ 

 var. multifasciatuSf Jan ; Naia tripudians, var. Ciecuj Gmel. 



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