131. CANTORIA. 23 
ce. 2 Be 29; V.146; Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
d. o {es 27; V.153; Borneo. . Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
é. Ci oF 25; V.148; Borneo. 
oes G4 + Ge. 27; V.147; Niah, Borneo. A. Everett, Esq. [C.}. 
g: & ao 27; V.156; Java. G. Lyon, Esq. [P.]. 
oO (Se. 27, 25; V. N. Ceram. 
ai 146; C. 32, 34). | 
k. se se 25 ; Vv. 156; Fly R., New Guinea. Hey. S. Macfarlane 
28). sh 
L 81s (Se. 27; V. 138; Port Moresby. eS. &. Turner [C.]. 
84). | 
Fordonia papuensis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. ii. 1877, 
p. 35, from Katow, New Guinea, is possibly a synonym of the above 
species. The exclusion of the third labial from the eye may be an 
individual anomaly ; whilst the number (22) of series of scales given 
in the description may not be the highest to be found on the 
specimen. 
131. CANTORIA. 
Cantoria, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 182, and U.S. Explor. 
Exped., Herp. p. 156 (1858); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 277 
(1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind. , Rept. p. 880 (1890). 
Hydrodipsas, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1859, p. 270. 
Hemiodontus, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, p. 263. 
Maxillary teeth 10 or 11, last longest and grooved; anterior 
mandibular teeth longest. Head small, not distinct from neck; 
eye very small, with round pupil ; head-shields large ; nostril in a 
semidivided nasal, the cleft of which extends to the prefrontal; a 
single internasal, separating the nasals; loreal present. Body 
extremely elongate, slightly compressed ; scales smooth, without 
pits, in 19 rows; ventrals rounded. ‘Tail moderate; subcaudals in 
two rows. 
Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 
1. Cantoria violacea. 
Cantoria violacea, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 182, and U.S. 
Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 156, pl. xi. figs. 7-10 (1858) ; Cope, Proce. 
Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 312; Liitk. Vidensk. Meddel. 1866, p. 151; 
Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rent. p- 880, fig. (1890). 
Hydrodipsas elapiformis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1859, p. 270, pl. —. 
fig. 1. 
Cantoria elongata, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 277 (1864). 
Hemiodontus elapiformis, Jan, Elenco, P- 79 (1863), Arch. Zool. 
Anat. Phys. ii. 1865, p. 265, and Icon. Gén. 28, pl. vi. fig. 2 (1868). 
Cantoria elapiformis, Gtinth. Zool, Ree. 1868, p. 124, 
dayana, Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 208, 
