— eee Tt eae 
eT. Se 
10. TROPIDONOTUS. 225 
“5% 3 (V. 138; C. Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P. }. 
f-g. Hgr. 3 (V.146,135; District of Deli, Prof. Moesch [C.]. 
C. ?, 80). Sumatra. 
A-l. 2 (V. 145, 146,144, Nias. Hr. Sundermann [C.]. 
=: oy 0 oho Bo L. Dill P) 
d (V. : reo. L. L. Di EPs 
?, 2) &  (V. 139, nemare y+ 
185; C. 73, 70) 
. 2 (V. 187; ©. ?). Rejang River, Brooke Low, Esq. [P.]. 
ara 
q 2 ( 
r-t. g (V. 182; C. 81) Telang and Li- Hr. Grabowsky [C.]. 
& yg. (V. 131,182; C. hong Bahaja, (Types of var. pn 
79, ?). 8.E. Borneo, 
u. 5 (V. 139; C. 69). Java. Dr. Ploem [C. 
v. Yg. (V. 146; C. ?). Ternate. H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
24. Tropidonotus petersii. (Pare XIV. fig. 1.) 
Tropidonotus maculatus (non Edeling), Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, 
p. 575. 
sundanensis (non Giinth.), Peters, Ann. Mus. Genova, iii. 1872, 
p. 36. 
Eye moderate. Rostral broader than deep, scarcely visible from 
above ; internasals as broad as long, as long as the prefrontals; 
frontal once and one third as long as broad, as long as its distance 
from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal deeper 
than long; one pre-and three or four postoculars ; temporals 2+3; 
nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye; five 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all strongly keeled. 
Ventrals 140-150; anal divided; subcaudals 65-78. Brown above, 
with small black spots; a lateral series of black spots; upper surface 
of head dark olive, vermiculated with black ; labials yellowish, with 
black sutures ; yellowish inferiorly, the shields edged with black. 
Total length 370 millim. ; tail 100. 
Borneo. 
a. Hgr. ¢ (V. 140; C. 76). Borneo. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.). 
Il. Neropra.—Maxillary teeth not more than 30, the hinder gra- 
dually enlarged. Eyes rather small and, like the nostrils, 
directed upwards and outwards; internasal shields usually 
much narrowed in front. 
25. Tropidonotus melanogaster. 
Tropidonotus grahamii .» Giinth, Cat, p, 78 (1858). 
= ion, Petre, ‘Mon. Berl. de 1804, p. 880; Giinth, 
Zool. Rec, 1865, p. 154. 
—— mesomelanus, Jan, Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys. iii, 1865, p, 230, 
and Icon, Gén. 27, pls. v. fig. 3 & vi. fig. 2 (1868). 
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