268 COLUBRID. 
C. Dorsal region black; sides and belly yellow, with a lateral 
series of black spots, which may be partly confluent into a 
stripe ; tail with dorsal and lateral spots. 
‘2. India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.}. 
6. Her. Panama. Haslar Collection. 
D. Dorsal region black, ventral region brown, the two separated by 
a yellow lateral stripe; tail spotted as in the preceding. 
a. od. Bombay. . Dr. Leith [P.}. 
b. Yg. Oo Sima, Loo Choo Is, M. Ferrié | C.); 
M. R. Oberthiir [P.}. 
ce. Hgr. Australia, J. Baines, Esq. [P.]. 
E. Black above, sides and belly yellow; tail spotted as in the 
preceding. (H. bicolor, Schn.) 
a-d. ¢. Madagascar. Sir E. Belcher [P.}. 
é. er Kurrachee. Kurrachee Meson eo 
f, Hgr Trevandrum, Travancore. H. 8S. Fe n, EK wet 
g. Her. Madras, T. C. Jerdon, Es i ol 
h,t. 2 & yg. India, Gen. Hardwicke {P-], 
k. Yg. Ceylon. Miss rare Beis 
lod. Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
mn. & Siam. 
o. Hgr. Gulf of Siam. H.M.S. ‘ Herald.’ 
p-q. Her. Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P. }. 
r. Q. Australia. G. Krefft, Esq. [P.]. 
8. Hgr New Georgia, Solomon Is. H.M.S. ‘ Penguin.’ 
t. d. as . 4' §., Long. 180° H.M.S. ‘ Challenger.’ 
u. Yg. Samoa. Rey. S. J. Whitmee [P.}. 
v, w. Her. New Zealand. 
#9. Salina Cruz, Mexico. Dr. A. CO. Buller [C.]. 
yd. Off coast of Ecuador. J. Py Warburton, Esq. 
z. Skeleton. Indian Ocean. 
«. Skull of 7. 
F, Yellow, with a black vertebral stripe, broken up into spots 
posteriorly ; no lateral spots on the body or tail. 
a. , China, 
b. oe Sumatra. 
ec, Hgr. —? 
G. Yellow, with a vertebral band and spots on the tail pale brown 
or olive. 
a-b. 5S & yg. Trevandrum, Travancore. H.S, Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. 
205. THALASSOPHIS. 
Thalassophis, part., Schmidt, Abh, Naturw, Hamb, ii, 1852, p. 75. 
Hydrophis, part., Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Hamb, iii. 1856, p. 41; 
Jan, Elenco sist, Ofid. p. 109 (1863) ; Giimth, Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p. 360 (1864). 
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