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temporals14+2. Scalesin 19 rows, Ventrals not keeled, 210-240 ; 
subcaudals 25-45. Olive above, yellowish beneath, with 29-48 
black annuli which are as broad as or broader than the interspaces 
between them. 
Total length 970 millim.; tail 90. 
From the Bay of Bengal to the Chinese Sea and the Western 
South Pacific Ocean. 
3 (V.222; 0.43). Bengal. Gen. Hardwicke [P.], 
(V. 231 ; C. 48). Chartaboum, 
Figs 233; ©. 30) & Loo Choo Islands, H. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 
(V. 232; ©. 81). 
x (V. 231; ©. 25, New Guinea. 
f Hgr. (V. 223 : C. 31). New Guinea? Sir E. Belcher VoL 
g. Hgr. (V. 210; C. 82). Duke of York Is. Rev. G. Brown 
A. Her. (V. 230 ; C. 32), Fiji Is. H.M.S. Ternld’ 
} Hgr. (V. 224; C. 35), Angicom, New Heb- J. Fe hi Esq. 
rides 
k. 3 (V. 287; C. 45). Australia. G. Kot, Esq. [P.]. 
a Os 234; C. 44). Tasmania, Haslar Collection. 
m 9 (V 229 ; C. 33). 8. Pacific. Museum of Economic 
Geology. 
2. Platurus colubrinus. 
Hydrus colubrinus, Schnetd. Hist. Amph. i. p. 238 (1799). 
Platurus fasciatus, part., Daud, ar vii. p. 226, pl. Ixxxy. fig. 1 
(1803); Dum. & ti vii. p. 1821 (1854). 
Hydrophis colubrinus, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 514, pl. xviii. 
figs. 21 & 22 (1837). 
Laticauda scutata, Cantor, Cat. Mal, Rept. p. 125 (1847). 
Platurus colubrinus, Girard, US. Explor. Exped., Herp. p. 178 
(1858) ; Peters, Mon. Berl. ‘Ac. ise ,»p. 418; Fischer, Jahrb, Tamb. 
Wiss, Ane v. 1888, p. 18; Bouleng. Faun, Ind., Rept. p. 395 
—— laticaudatus, var. B, Giinth. Cat. 272 (1858). 
—— fasciatus, Jan, Rev, ' Mag, Zool. 1859, p. 149, and Icon. Gén. 
40, pl. i. fig. 1 (1872). 
—— scutatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p..356 (1864). 
Rostral deeper than broad; an azygous shield between the pre- 
frontals and sometimes one or two between the internasals; frontal 
as long as or slightly shorter than the parietals; one pre- and two 
postoculars; temporals 1+2 (rarely 242); six or seven upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye. Scales in 2] to 25 rows, 
Ventrals not keeled, 195-240; subcaudals 30-45. Olive above, 
yellowish below, with 28 to 54 black annuli, which are as wide as 
the interspaces between them or narrower; some or all of the annuli 
may be interrupted on the belly. 
Total length 1270 millim. ; tail 125. 
From the Bay of Bengal ‘to the Chinese Sea and the Western 
South Pacific Ocean. 
a-b, o-d. 3 (V. 229; 0.45), India. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
(V. 285; C. 33), & hgr. 
(V. 202, 240; ©. 42, 84), 
