124. HYPSIRHINA,. 9 
three streaks on the occiput and nape; second and third rows of 
scales yellowish white; ventrals, subcaudals, and outer row of 
scales dark grey or olive anteriorly, yellowish white posteriorly. 
Total length 520 millim. ; tail 70. 
China; Siam*. 
a, & (V. 150; C. 46). China. J. (ty the Esq. [P.]. 
b. 2 (V. 143; C. 41). China. Baier Fisher. Exhib. 
1883. 
«¢. Figr. G3 (V. 148; C. 46). China. A. Adams, Esq. to} 
ad. & (VY. 150; C. 49). ny. R. Swinhoe, The td 
é¢ (v. T5L; C. 47). Hoi How, Hainan. J. Neumann, Esq. [| P 
8. . Hypsirhina macleayi. 
Pseudoferania macleayi Douglas Ogitésy,Proc. Linn, Soc. N.S. W. 
(2) v. 1890, p. 51. Bien ate 
eae 
Rostral nearly twice as broad as deep; internasal single or 
divided, nearly twice as broad as long; frontal a little broader than 
the supraocular, nearly twice as long as broad, as long as its distance 
from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal 
triangular, longer than deep, in contact with or narrowly separated 
from the internasal ; one or two pre- and one or two postoculars ; 
temporals 1+2; eight or nine upper labials, fourth and fifth, 
or fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the eye; three lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which separate the 
posterior. Scales in 21 or 23 rows. Ventrals 147-152; anal 
divided; subcaudals 38-47. Grey or brown above, with small 
black spots, which may be confluent into two streaks on the neck; 
a blackish stripe on each side of the head, body, and tail, passing 
through the eye; upper lip, two or three lower rows of scales, and 
lower parts yellowish white ; a blackish streak on each side of the 
belly, between the ventrals and the first row of scales, and a. broad 
black stripe along the lower surface of the tail. 
Total length 635 millim. ; tail 105. 
Herbert River District, Queensland. 
a-c. 6 (Sc. 23; V. 151; Herbert R. J. A. Boyd, Esq. [P.]. 
C. 48) & yg. (Sec. 23; 
V.152,150; C. 47,39). 
Sa 
9. Hypsirhina polylepis. 
Hypsirhina polylepis, Fischer, Abh. Nat. Ges. Hamb. ix. 1886, 
p. 14. 
Rostral broader than deep ; internasal single or divided, twice as 
broad as long; frontal broader than the supraocular, twice as long 
as broad, slightly longer than its distance from the end of the 
* T have examined a specimen from Bangkok preserved in the Christiania 
Museum. 
