Dr. A. Giinther on new Species of Snakes. 413 
XLVIIL.—Stxth Account of new Species of Snakes in the 
Collection of the British Museum. By ALBERT GUNTHER, 
M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. 
[Plates XVII., XVIII. XTX. ] 
Tx following species of Ophidians have been added to the 
Collection of the British Museum since the publication of the 
last paper on the same subject in this Journal (July 1866, 
xviii. pp. 24-29). The total number of species in that collec- 
tion amounts now to 863, and that of the typical specimens to 
330. In the following lists some of the species are marked 
with an asterisk (*) ; of these, as well as of some others, I have 
added descriptions or shorter notices. 
I. List of Species which were formerly desiderata. 
*Silybura grandis, Bedd. Anamallay Forest. Capt. Beddome. 
—— rubromaculata, Bedd. Anamallay Forest. Capt. Beddome. 
*Platyplectrurus trilineatus, Bedd. Anamallay Forest. Capt. Bed- 
dome. 
-Elapomorphus acanthias, Kréyer. Sierra Leone. J.C. Salmon, 
Esq. 
Liophis (Diadophis) Arnyi, Kennicott. City of Mexico. Hr. Door- 
man. . 
Tropidonotus nigrocinctus, Blyth. Pegu. Mr. Theobald. 
Aheetulla punctata, Ptrs. Zanzibar. Dr. Kirk tf. 
* dorsalis, Bocage. Benguella. Dr. B. du Bocage. 
*T'ragops javanicus, Steindachner. Pegu. Mr. Theobald. 
Pareas margaritophorus, Jan. Pegu.. Mr. Theobald. 
*Boodon variegatus, Bocage. Benguella. Dr. B. du Bocage and Mr. 
Monteiro. 
Hoplocephalus fuscus, Steindachner. Van Diemen’s Land. G. 
__. Krefft, Esq. 
Elaps gastrodelus, Dum. & Bibr. . Chyavetas. Mr. Bartlett. 
Il. List of the new Species procured and described since 
July 1866. 
*Xenocalamus bicolor, Gthr. Zambeze. Museum of Cape Town. 
*Geophis latifrons, Gihr. Pebas. Mr. Bates. 
* —__ bicolor, Gthr. City of Mexico. Hr. Doorman. 
*Simotes amabilis, Gthr. Arrakan Hills. Mr. Theobald. 
- cruentatus, Theobald. Pegu. Mr. Theobald. 
_ Theobaldi, Gthr. Pegu. Mr. Theobald. 
*Ablabes bistrigatus, Gthr. Pegu. Mr. Theobald. 
*Cyclophis nebulosus, Gthr. Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely. 
+ Besides the tei mentioned in these lists, the following have been 
sent by Dr. Kirk from Zanzibar :—Prosymna meleayris, Uriechis capensis 
(Smith), Psammophis sibilans in three varieties, Boodon lineatus, Clotho 
arvetans, Dasypeltis scabra. 
