250 COLUBRID, 
black ; a black spot or oblique streak below the eye, and a triangular 
black blotch or oblique band on the temple, descending to the 
angle of the mouth; a more or less distinct black nuchal collar ; 
lower parts yellowish or pale olive anteriorly, usually with a lateral 
series of black spots, olive-grey posteriorly spotted with black, or 
nearly entirely black. 
Total length 890 millim. ; tail 200. 
Mantchuria, China, Japan, Cochin China, Siam. 
a-e. 3 (V. 162, 159, 158; Japan. 
C. 78, ?, 84) & 9(V. 163, 
164; 0. 74,71). 
f-h. 3 (V.160; C, 76) & 9 Kobe, Japan. ELMS. ‘Challenger,’ 
(V. 163, 166; C. 80, 72). 
t. ¢ (V. 159; C. 63), Gensan, Corea. J. H. Leech, Esq. to ; 
k, l. g (V. 153; C. 63) & Peking. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.}. 
yg. (V. 164; C. 60). (Types of T. orientalis. 
ae do (V. 150,161,154; Chefoo. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
. 64, 57, 65) & Q (V. 
157, C. ?). 
g. 2 (V. 160; CO. 55). Ningpo. 
r. 2 (V. 162; C. ?). Mountains north A. E, Pratt, Esq. [C.]. 
of Kiu Kiang. 
8. 2 (V. 160; C, 56), Hoi-How, Hainan. J. Neumann, Esq. [P.}. 
54. Tropidonotus pryeri. 
ao pryeri, Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1887, p. 149, pl. xviii. 
Form slender. Eye rather large. Rostral broader than long, 
scarcely visible from above ; internasals as broad as long, trapezoid, 
as long as the preefrontals; frontal onee and two thirds as long as 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, a little | 
shorter than the parietals; loreal a little longer than deep; one 
pre- and three postoculars; temporals 2+2 (rarely 142); eight 
upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four or five lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 
than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all strongly keeled. Ventrals 
171-181; anal divided; subcaudals 114-128. Anterior part of 
body with large alternating black elongate spots, separated by a 
narrow stripe of pale olive on the vertebral line, by broader 
yellowish vertical bars on the sides ; head dark olive, above spotted 
or marbled with black; upper lip yellowish, the sutures between 
the anterior upper labials black ; an oblique black streak across the 
seventh upper labial ; a yellow spot, surrounded with black, at the 
extremity of the jaws; hinder part of body with a series of black 
dorsal spots and a lateral series of light spots; lower parts 
yellowish, the hinder part of the body with a series of black streaks 
along each side of the ventrals, becoming confluent into a lateral 
black line on the subcaudals, 
Total length 930 millim. ; tail 300. 
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