48, Lycopon. 357 
Ventrals 235-257, strongly angulate laterally ; anal entire; sub- 
caudals 78-91 pairs. Brown or purple above, uniform or with 
white and black marblings; belly whitish, or pale brown with 
yellowish dots and square blotches. 
Total length 940 millim. ; tail 170. 
Bengal, Assam (?), Mergui. 
10. Lycodon stormi. 
Lycodon stormi, Boetty. Zool. Anz. 1892, p. 418. 
Head strongly depressed ; eye small. Rostral not much broader 
than deep, just visible from above; internasals much shorter than 
the prefrontals ; the latter longer than broad; frontal as long as 
the internasals and prefrontals together, much shorter than the 
parietals; loreal large, nearly as deep as long, not entering the 
eye; one preocular, not reaching the frontal; two postoculars ; 
temporals 143; eight upper labials, third and fourth entering the 
eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 19 rows. 
Ventrals 217, angulate laterally; anal entire; subcaudals 75, all 
single. Slate-colour, with whitish annuli, which are most marked 
on the lower surface. 
Total length 597 millim. ; tail 109. 
Celebes. 
11. Lycodon albofuscus. 
Sphecodes albofuscus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 304 (1854). 
Ophites albofuscus, Giinth. Cat. p. 207 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. 
.S (1864); Bouleng. Ann. $ Mag, NH (5) xvi. 1885, p. 389; 
ocquard, N, Arch. Mus. (3) ii. 1890, p. 144. 
Snout moderately depressed, not spatulate; eye moderate. Ros- 
tral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals half as 
long as the prefrontals ; frontal as long as broad, as long as the 
prefrontals or a little longer, much shorter than the parietals; 
loreal a little longer than deep, not entering the eye; one pre- 
and two 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 a little shorter than the 
posterior. Body very slender. Scales in 17 rows, all strongly 
keeled. Ventrals 248-256, strongly angulate laterally; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 155-208 pairs, Blackish brown above, young 
with yellow cross bands; yellowish beneath. 
Total length 1770 millim. ; tail 590. 
Sumatra, Nias, Borneo. 
a. ¢ (V. 238; C. 155). Nias. Hr, Sundermann [C.}. 
b. Yg. (V. 248; C, 204). ——: Purchased of M. Parzudaki. 
