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306 COLUBRID. 
Brachyorrhos jobiensis, Peters § Doria, 1. c. p. 385. 
Atractocephalus raffrayi, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, 
p. 62. 
vires fusiformis, Fischer, Verh. nat. Ver. Hamb, (2) iii. 1879, 
p- 89, pl. ii. 
cal albus, var. conjunctus, Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1880, 
p. 226, 
Snout obtusely acuminate; rostral as deep as broad, just visible 
from above; internasals as long as or a little longer than the suture 
between the prefrontals; the internasals are fused to a single shield 
in some specimens from New Guinea; frontal longer than broad, 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals, twice to twice and a half as broad as the supraocular; 
preocular distinct or fused with the prefrontal ; two postoculars ; 
temporals 142 or 2+3; six or seven upper labials, third or fourth 
or third and fourth entering the eye; a single pair of chin-shields, 
in contact with four labials. Scales in 17 or 19 rows. Ventrals 
160-182; anal divided (rarely entire); subcaudals 20-46. Adult 
uniform brown above, yellowish inferiorly; young with an inter- 
rupted yellow band across the occiput and a brown streak or series 
of brown spots along the middle of the belly and tail. 
Total length 190 millim.; tail 65. 
Java, Timor, Moluccas, New Guinea. 
a. go (Se. 19; V.170; C.36; a Timor. Leyden Museum. 
preocular; 4th labial entering 
the eye; a single temporal in 
contact with the postoculars). 
b. ¢ (Sce.19; V.177; C.36; no —‘ Ternate. H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
preocular; 3rd labial entering 
the eye; two temporals in con- 
tact with the postoculars). | 
c. Q (Se.19; V.182; C.27; no _—‘ Ternate. H.M.LS. ‘ Challenger.’ | 
preocular; 3rd labial entering | 
the eye; two temporals in con- : 
tact with the postoculars). | 
a. Ye. (Be. 10+: V. 178s: 00973 Amboyna. Dr. Bleeker. (Type 
no preocular; 3rd and 4th of Rhabdion gas- 
labials entering the eye; two trotenia.) 
temporals in contact with the 
postoculars). 
30. ELAPOIDES. 
Elapoides, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 519; Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 194 (1830) ; 
um. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 122 (1854); Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. 
bs 15 (1858). 
Calamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 
Elapoides, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 20. 
Maxillary bone very short, not extending anteriorly beyond the 
palatine, with about 20 small and closely set equal teeth ; mandi- 
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