11. MAcROPISTHODON. 267 
fee Phys. iii. 1805, p. 234, and Icon. Gén. 29, pl. ii. fig. 2 
(1868). 
Xenodon rhodomelas, Giinth. Cat. p. 58 (1858). 
Tropidonotus mortoni, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc, Mus. p. 57 (1868). 
Maxillary teeth 12 to 15+2. Rostral at least twice as broad as 
deep, scarcely visible from above; internasals as long as broad, 
shorter than the preefrontals; frontal once and one fourth or once 
and one third as long as broad, a little longer than its distance from 
the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals; loreal as 
long as deep or a little deeper; one preocular, usually with a small 
subocular below ; three or four postoculars; temporals 242, 2+3, 
or 3+3; seven (rarely eight) upper labials, third and fourth (or 
fourth and fifth) entering the eye; four or five lower labials in 
contact with the anterior chin-shields; both pairs of chin-shields 
broad and snbequal in length, or hinder pair longer. Scales strongly 
keeled, in 19 rows. Ventrals 128-138; anal divided; subcandals 
42-58. Greyish or pale reddish brown above, with a dark brown 
or black vertebral stripe which expands in a V-shaped blotch on 
the nape; lips, throat, and sides of belly pink, middle of belly 
yellow ; a series of small black spots along each side of the belly. 
Total length 520 millim. ; tail 85. 
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 
a-b. 3 (V. 133; C. 52) Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.}. 
& hgr. (V. 133; C. 47). P 
e. Hgr. (V.133; C.51). Singapore. ie Davison, Esq. 
d. 2 (V. 137; C. 50). Matang. oie 
e. 2 (V. 138; C. 58). Mt. Dulit, Borneo. C. Hose, Esq. [C.}. 
f. i 134; O. 42). Java. 
g. Yg. (V. 128; C. 50). ——-? Col. Beddome. 
3. Macropisthodon plumbicolor. 
Tropidonotus plumbicolor, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 54; 
fiinth, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 272 (1864), and Zool. Rec. 1865, 
p- 154; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Suc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 438; 
Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 176; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. 
Ind. p. 179 (1876); Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 380 (1884); Bouleng. 
Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 351 (139v). 
Xenodon viridis, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 763 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 
p. 57 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool, Anat, Phys. ii. 1863, p. 319. 
ee ellioti, Jerdon, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xxii, 1854, 
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Amphiesma brachyurum, Jan, Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys. iii, 1865, 
p- 237, and Icon, Gén. 29, pl. iii. fig. 2 (1868). 
Halys ellioti, Theobd. 1. ¢. p. 225. 
Maxillary teeth 12 or 1342. Rostral at least twice as broad as 
deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals as long as broad or 
, broader, shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth 
; or once and one third as long as broad, as long as or a little longer 
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