262 COLUBRID. 
of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal deeper than long ; 
one or two pre- and three postoculars ; temporals 242; eight 
upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 
than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, all strongly keeled. Ven- 
trals 152-157; anal divided; subcaudals 76-91. Dark olive- 
brown above, with a yellowish vertebral stripe; a white lateral 
stripe along the outer row of scales, expanding, club-shaped on the 
temple; forehead yellowish brown, with blackish vermiculations ; a 
black cross bar between the eyes ; labials white, with black sutures ; 
belly white, with three black longitudinal bands, the middle one 
broadest, or black posteriorly, with two series of white spots ; lower 
surface of tail white in the middle, black on the sides ; these mene 
becoming indistinct in full-grown specimens, 
Total length 400 millim.; tail 115, 
Philippine Islands, 
a. 9 (V. 152; C. 76). Philippines. i. ea Esq. [C.]. 
3 (V. 156, 157, ats Pasananca. HAMS “Unallenger: 
i Si 89, 85) & 9 (V. 
156; 0.? ye 
69. Tropidonotus crebripunctatus. 
Tropidonotus i somes, Wiegm. N. Acta Ae. Leop.-Carol. xvii. 
i. 1835, p. 250. 
Head short, very distinct from neck. Eye very large. Rostral 
broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as 
broad, as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and three fifths as 
long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 
as long as the parietals ; loreal as long as deep; two pre- and three 
postoculars ; temporals 24+3; eight to ten upper labials (the spe- 
cimen in the collection has eight on one side, ten on the other), 
fourth and fifth, fifth or sixth, or sixth and seventh entering the eye ; 
four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 
are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all strongly 
keeled. Ventrals 148-165; anal divided; subcaudals 96-101, 
Olive above, vertebral line lighter and crossed by narrow black 
bars; upper lip yellowish, the shields black-edged above; belly 
whitish, with a black dot at the outer end of each shield; posterior 
ventrals brown on the sides; subcaudals entirely brown. 
Total length 680 millim. ;* tail 230. 
Philippine Islands. 
a. 2 (V. 166; 0.101). Philippine Islands. HH. Cuming, Esq. [C-]. 
70. Tropidonotus lineatus. 
Tropidonotus lineatus, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 686. 
Apparently very closely allied to the preceding, but with a single 
anterior temporal and fewer ventrals (142) and subcaudals (66). 
Samar Island, Philippines. 
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