140. sTENoPHIs. 39 
1. Eteirodipsas colubrina. 
? Seba, Thes. i. pl. xix. fig. 7 (1784). 
? Coluber nepa, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 97 (1768). 
Dipsas colubrina, Schleg. Phys. Serp. il. p. 278 (1837), and Abbild. 
. 136, pl. xlv. figs. 75136 (1844); Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1146 
1853) ; F oetty. Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 448. 
Eteirodipsas colubrina, Jan, Elenco, p. 105 (1863), and Icon. Gén, 
39, pli. fig. 1 (1872); Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xi. 1877, p. 16, 
187 , Pp 271, & 1879, p. 467. 
Rostral broader than deep, visible from above; internasals as 
long as broad or a little broader than long, as long as or a little 
longer than the preefrontals ; frontal once and a half to twice as 
long as broad, as long as or longer than its distance from the end 
of the snout, as long as the parietals; loreal nearly as long as deep ; 
two preoculars, upper largest and in contact with or narrowly 
separated from the frontal; three postoculars; three suboculars, 
separating the eye from the labials ; temporals small, scale-like, 2 
or 3+2or 3; eight or nine upper labials ; four or five lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields 
narrower and separated from each other by two series of scales. 
Scales in 25 to 29 rows. Ventrals 176-202; anal divided (rarely 
entire); subcaudals 44-71, afew of which may be entire. Pale brown, 
yellowish, or greenish yellow above, with dark brown or black spots 
arranged quincuncially ; amore or less distinct dark streak on each 
side of the head behind the eye; uniform yellowish white beneath. — 
Total length 860 millim. ; tail 120. 
Madagascar; Bourbon (?). 
a. a ° 27; V.192; A.2; Madagascar. Prof. A. Newton [P.]. 
b. 8 (Se. 27 ; V. 189; A.1; Madagascar. Rev. T. Ellis [P.]. 
at i (Se. 29; V.200; A.1; Madagascar. J. Caldwell, Esq. [P. |. 
C. 59) & 2 (Se. 25; V. 184; 
‘A. 2; C. 50). 
é. é (Se. 29; V.194; A.2; Madagascar. Rey. R. Baron [C.]. 
i. Her. lsc. 27; V.195; A.2;  Tamatave. M. Majastre [C. ]. 
oe (Se 27; V.192; A.2; E.Imerina. Rev. R. Baron [C.]. 
*O.8 1). 
h-t. 5 (Se. 27; V.195; A. ie Imerina. Rey. R. Baron [C.]. 
C. 51) & yg. (Se. 7 
197; A. 2; C. 44). 
k. @ skeleton. E. Imerina. Rey. J. Wills [C.]. 
140. STENOPHIS. 
Dipsas, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 257 (1837). 
Heterurus (non Hodgs.), part., Dum. §& Bibr. Mém. Ae. Se. xxiii. 
1853, p. 538, and Erp, Gén. vii. p. 1168 (1854) ; Jan, Elenco sist. 
Ofid. p . 103 ( 1863). 
Disaadobos, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 182 (1858). 
Maxillary teeth 13 or 14, equal, followed, after an interspace, by 
