ill 



chin-shields; latter about as long as the posterior. Scales in 

 21 rows, smooth; ventrals 218, with a lateral angle; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 66, single. 



Brown above, paler towards the sides; an indistinct light 



Fig. 46. Lycodon florensis n. sp. X. 4 /V 



lateral streak; head yellowish, powdered with brown, a brown 

 streak from the nostril through the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth. Lower surface yellow, each ventral with a pale brown 



Fig. 47. Lycodon florensis n. sp. Side view of head X 3- 



spot at the outer ends; tail pale brownish below. Length of 

 head and body 456 mm.; tail 112 mm. 



Type-specimen in the Amsterdam Museum. 



Habitat: Flores (near Kotting!). 



5. Lycodon aulicus (L.). 



Coluber aulicus^ Linne, Mus. Ad. Frid. I 1754, p. 29, pi. XII, fig. 2. 

 Lycodon aulicus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 352 (s. syn.). 



Snout much depressed, lips swollen; eye small; rostral just 



