232 COLUBRID ®. 
B. Above with black spots arranged quincuncially ; ventral shields 
edged with black. 
s. 2 (V. 141; C. 70). Canton. Haslar Collection. 
t-u. 2 (V. 136, 185; C.?, ?). Siam. M. Mouhot [C.}, 
v. 9 (V. 138; C. P). Camboja. M. Mouhot |C.]. 
w. do (V. 130; C. 79). Pinang. Dr. Cantor; 
x. Hgr. ¢ (V. 184; C. 75). Java. Dr. Horsfield. 
y. Skull. Java. 
C. Above with black stripes, four on the nape, five on the body; 
ventral shields edged with black. (7'. melanozostus, Boie.) 
z. 9 (V. 145; C.?). Borneo. 
a, Yg. (V. 141; C. 70). Java. 
33. Tropidonotus asperrimus. (P.iare XV. fig. 2.) 
Tropidonotus quincunciatus, var., Giinth. Cat. p. 66 (1858), and A 
Brit. Ind. p. 261 (1864) ; F. Miill. Verh, nat. Ges. Basel, viii. 1887, 
. 264. 
ake piscator, part., Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 349 (1890). 
F. Mill. Festschr. nat. Ges. Basel, 1892, p. 204. 
Very closely allied to 7. piscator, but scales very strongly keeled, 
the keels forming sharp, strongly raised, continuous lines lade the 
hinder part of the body and on the tail; only the outer row of scales 
smooth. Ventrals 130-146; subcaudals 64-95. Anterior half of 
body pale olive or reddish, with two series of more or less distinct 
alternating large roundish or rhomboidal, dark olive or brown, 
black-edged spots, which are partly confluent on the vertebral line 
and sometimes form a sinuous band; posterior part of body uniform 
dark olive, or olive with blackish spots arranged quincuncially ; two 
oblique black lines, one below, the other behind the eye; lower 
arts uniform yellowish. 
Total length 820 millim.; tail 210. 
Ceylon. 
a-b,c-d. 2 (V.131; C.64) Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 
& yg. (V. 138, 137, 142; ) 
rear Rey Hie 81) Near Cand Capt. G P 
é. . 141; C. 81). ear Candy. apt. Gaseoigne | P. 
Wf. Be Ww. 148; C. 83). Punduloya, 4000 ft. E.E. Green, Hs ‘ +t 
g. Yg. (V. 187; C.?). Ceylon. Sir A. Smith [P.}. 
h. Yg. (V. 181; C. 85) Ceylon. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
i. d (V. 183; C, 85 Ceylon. Zoological Society. 
kl, m-n, 2 (V. 137, 146; Ceylon. 
C.?, 83), hgr. (V. 138; 
C.?), & yg. (V. 187; 
C. 7]). 
asperrimus, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) vii. 1891, p. 281; 
