360 COLUBRID. 
black above, brown or yellowish brown below, with a white 
occipital blotch and widely-separated rings on the body and tail; 
these markings become less distinct or entirely disappear in the 
adult. 
Total length 1000 millim. ; tail 180. 
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines. 
a. 2 (V. 220; 0.71). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
b. 3 (V. 220: C. 79). ran tee Dr. Dennys [P.}. 
ec. 9 (V. 226; C. 77). Singapore W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 
d. Yg. (V. 220 ; C.78). Deli, umatra. Prof, Moesch roa 
é. 2 (V. 219; C. 79). Pajo, Sumatra. Hr. C. Bock 
fg-h. 3 (V. 215; C. Nias. Hr. Saodeaaee [C.] 
aN & yg. (V. 209, 
O14: 0. 81, 83). 
i 3 (V. 216; C. P). Java. A. Scott, Esq 
k. Yg. (V. 209; C. 67). Salak, Java. R. Kirk pre a [P.]. 
l. Yg. (V. 198; C. 61). Mindanao. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 
Hovrrian sancuiventer, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52, is 
probably a Lycodon. 
‘**Claret-purple above, with metallic lustre ; blood-coloured be- 
neath. Ventrals 207; subcaudals 99, the 14 anterior of which 
are entire.” (See Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 222, fig.) 
Valley of Nepal. 
49. DINODON. 
Dinodon, Dum. & Bibr. Mém. Ae. Se. xxiii. 1858, p. 468, and E an 
5 90 vii. p. 447 (1854) ; Peters, Sitzb. Ges. naturf, Freunde, 1 
baton, wry, Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 201 Sain and Rept. Brit. 
Ind, p. 315 (1864) ; Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 97 (1863). 
Eumesodon, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. B62, 
Lepidocephalus, Hadlow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 498. 
? Proterodon, Hallow. 1. ¢. 
Maxillary teeth 642 or3+2 or 3, the anterior crates in- 
creasing in size, the middle ones small, the last large, the three 
groups separated by distinct interspaces; anterior mandibular teeth 
enlarged. Head slightly distinct from neck; eye rather small, 
with vertically elliptic pupil. Body more or less elongate ; scales 
Fig. 24. 
CCR 
A 
Maxillary and mandible of Dinodon rufozonatus. 
smooth or feebly keeled, with apical pits, in 17 (or 21) rows; 7 
ventrals angulate laterally. Tail moderate; subcaudals in two 
Tows. : 
China and Japan ; Himalayas (?). 
