12 COLUBRID, 
Rostral nearly as deep as broad; two internasals; frontal broader 
than the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of the 
snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ora little 
deeper than long ; one preocular, sometimes with a small subocular 
below it; two postoculars ; temporals small, 1+2; seven or eight 
upper labials, fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields very small. 
Scales in 29 to 33 rows. Ventrals 147-156; anal divided ; sub- 
caudals 48-56. Whitish or pale brown above, with dark brown 
black-edged elliptical or rhomboidal transverse spots broader than 
their interspaces ; a series of round spots on each side, alternating 
with the dorsal spots; head with three dark brown longitudinal 
bands, confluent between the eyes; lower parts white, checkered 
with black. 
Total length 365 millim.; tail 67. Grows to 600 millim., 
India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. 
a. PF 83; V. 156; Bombay. Dr. Giinther [P.]. 
. 56). 
b. Yg. (Sc. 29; V. 147; Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
C. 50). ' 
e. Hgr. ¢ (Sc. 29; V. —-? 
147; C. 51). 
14. Hypsirhina punctata. 
Phytolopsis punctata, Gray, Cat. p. 68 (1849). 
err heteraspis, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind, xvi. 1859, 
p. 440, 
Tachyplotus hedemanni, Reinh. Vidensk. Meddel. 1866, p. 1651, 
fig. 
Pythondpele borneensis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1871, p. 576. 
punctata, Peters, Ann. Mus, Genova, iii. 1872, p. 37; Giinth. 
Proce. Zool, Soc. 1872, p. 590. 
Homalophis doriw, var., Steind, Sitz. Ak. Wien, xcvi. i. 1887, 
p. 71. 
Hypsirhina hageni, v. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. 1890, 
p. 20, pl. i. : 
Rostral slightly broader than deep; a single small internasal ; 
frortal not broader than the supraocular, at least twice as long as 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as long as 
or a little shorter than the parietals ; one or two loreals; one pre- 
and two postoculars ; temporals small, scale-like ; twelve to fourteen 
upper labials, the four or five first deep and narrow, the following 
divided into small shields between the labials proper and the eye and 
temporal shields ; five or six lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are very large; posterior chin-shields small and 
separated by scales. Scales in 25 or 27 rows. Ventrals 135-156 ; 
anal divided ; subcaudals 28-41. Dark olive-brown above, uniform 
or with small yellow spots, which may form cross-bars ; one or two 
yellow cross-bars on the nape; a yellow transverse spot between the 
eyes ; yellow beneath. 
