231. BUNGARUS. 371 
a. Her. (V. 237; C. 46). Cherra Pungi, Khasi Dr. Cantor. (Type.). 
b. 2 (V. 283; ©. 51). Daxjooling, 6800 ft. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
c. Yg. (V. 220; C. 44). Darjeeling. T, Jordon, Esq. [P.}. 
6. Bungarus flaviceps. 
Bungarus flaviceps, Reinh. Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. x. 1843, p. 267, 
1. iii. fig. 4; Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 112 (1847); Dum. & 
Pibr. vii. p. 1274 (1854) ; Guinth. Cat. p. 221 (1858). 
Megerophis formosus, Gray, Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (2) iv. 1849, p. 247. 
—— flaviceps, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 346 (1864) ; Tirant, Rept. 
Cochinch, p. 33 (1885) ; W. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng, 1x. 1891, 
. 245. 
P 
Rostral broader than deep, visible from above; internasals much 
shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal as broad as long or slightly 
longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 
shorter than the parietals ; one pre-and two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; 
three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals 
strongly enlarged. Ventrals 193-226; anal entire; subcaudals 
42-54, partly single, partly double. Black above, with or without 
a yellow vertebral line, two outer rows of scales black and yellow; 
head red or yellow ; tail and sometimes posterior part of body orange- 
red. 
Total length 1850 millim.; tail 220. 
Tenasserim, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 
Java. 
A. Body uniform black above, brown below ; posterior part of body 
and tail red. 
a. 2 (V. 220; 0.2). © Sumatra. Zoological Society. 
B. A series of small yellow dots along the vertebral line; a yellow 
lateral streak along the two outer rows of scales; belly brown ; 
tail red; an elongate black marking on the back of the head. 
a. Yg. (V. 207; C. 54). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
b. Yg. (V. 193; C. 48). Java. Dr. Ploem [C.]. 
C. A yellow vertebral stripe; a yellow lateral streak; belly yellow, 
the shields edged with brown ; posterior part of body and tail 
uniform red. 
a,b. S (V. 219; C. 52) Sarawak Sir J. Brooke [P.}, 
& yg. (V. 217; C. 51). (Types of M. formosus.) 
e, 4. 5 (V. 226, 225; C. Sarawak ir H. Low [P.]. 
(62, 47). 
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