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white, posteriorly grey, with about 6 longitudinal rows of black 

 dots, forming three black lines on the lower part of the tail. 

 Length of head and body 345 mm.; tail 116 mm. (After 

 BOTTGER; not seen by me). 

 Habitat: Halmahera. 



1 1 . Tropidonotus halmahericus Bottger. 



Tropidonotus halmahericus, Bottger, Zool. Anz. XVIII 1895, p. 130; Abh. 



Senckenb. Ges. XXV 1900, p. 354, Taf. XV, fig. 5. 

 Tropidonotus halmahericus, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. Ill 1896, p. 609. 



Eye as large as its distance from the anterior border of the 

 nostril; rostral just visible from above; nostril large; inter- 

 nasals broadly truncate anteriorly, as long as or longer than 

 the praefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the tip 

 of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal more deep than 

 long; one or two prae- and three postoculars; temporals 2 + 3; 

 nine upper labials, fourth to sixth entering the eye; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter much 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows, all strongly 

 keeled; ventrals 172 180; anal divided; subcaudals 57 107 -f ?. 



Reddish-white anteriorly, with black spots, or black with 

 reddish-white spots near the sides or with white half-rings, nar- 

 rower than the black interspaces; middle part of the body usually 

 black, with a row of round, reddish-white spots on each side, 

 covering about three scales; head black above; upper labials 

 black above, white below; tail black above. Lower parts white 

 anteriorly, black-spotted and powdered in the middle and 

 brownish-black to deep black posteriorly. Length of head and 

 body 890 mm.; tail 404 mm. 



One of the type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Nom. indig. Ular darabang = flying snake. 



Habitat: Halmahera!; Batjan. 



12. Tropidonotus doriae Boulenger. 



Tropidonotus doriae, Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (z) XVIII 1897, p. 704. 



Eye large; rostral just visible from above; internasals broadly 

 truncate anteriorly, as long as the praefrontals; frontal longer 

 than its distance from the tip of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals; loreal more deep than long; two prae- and three 

 postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or i + 2 or i + i ; eight (some- 



