93. OLIOOOON. 239 



Total length 350 millim. ; tail 55. 

 Philippine Islands. 



a. rf (V. 158; C. 41). Philippine Islands. II. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



O>F.) 



b. rf (V. 170; C. 41). S. Xegros. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



7. Oligodon notospilus. 



Oligodon notospilus, Giintk. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 109, pi. xviii. 

 tig. A. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from the frontal ; suture between the intcrnasals 

 shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 MTV small, longer than deep : one praj- and one postocular ; tem- 

 porals 1 + _! : seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 TTVWS. 

 Ventrals 1 42 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 32. Dark purplish brown 

 above, with yellow dots and a series of large transverse, rhomboidal, 

 yellow, black-edged spots ; head yellow, with two chevron- shaped 

 black bands, the anterior passing through the eyes, the posterior 

 with the point on the frontal shield ; uniform yellowish inferiorly. 



Total length 260 millira. ; tail 40. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. $ (V. 142 ; C. 32). Mindanao. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



(Type.) 



8. Oligodon everetti. (PLATE XL fig. 1.) 

 Oligodon everetti, Bovleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. .">:.' 1. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above slightly shorter 

 than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals 

 shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal very small, longer than deep ; one prae- and two 

 post oculars; temporals 1+2 ; seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 t-ntering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 

 rows. Ventrals 154; anal entire: subcaudals 46. Slaty grey 

 above, with three blackish-brown stripes, the middle one three scales 

 wide and enclosing a series of small yellowish-brown rhombnidal 

 spots ; head brown above, with two chevron-shaped black bands, 

 the anterior pausing through the eyes, the posterior with the point 

 on the frontal shield ; uniform coral-red beneath, the outer ends of 

 the ventral shields black. 



Total length 370 millim. ; tail 70. 



North Borneo. 



a. $ (V. 154 ; C. 46). Mt. Kina Baloo. A. Everett, Esq. fC.l 



.Type.) 



