384 COLUBRID. 
D. Var. sputatrix (JN. sputatrix, Boie, var. nigra, Gray, N. atra, 
Cantor).—Black or dark brown above and beneath, with some 
yellow or orange on the sides of the head and neck; young 
with a pale U or O-shaped marking on the hood, and the chin 
and throat whitish. 25 scales across the neck, 19-21 across 
the middle of the body. 
a. 3 (Se. 3; V.167;0.?). Chusan Ids. J. J. Walker, Esq. [P.]. 
6. Yg. (Se. G3 V-177; China. R. Lindsay, Esq. [P-]. 
C. 47). | 
c. 9 (Se. 42; V.185; O. Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
49). 
d. 9 (Se. Fe V.191; C. Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.]. 
48). 
e. Yg. (Sc. 3 V. 174; Sumatra, 
C. 46). 
f. Yg. (Sc. 2; V. 163; Batavia. R. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 
C. 44). [P.]. , 
E. Var. LevcoprrA.—Brown or blackish; no marking on the hood ; 
lower surface of neck yellowish white, followed by a black 
cross-band, and usually with an azygous black spot anteriorly 
and one or two on each side. 21-25 scales across the neck, 
17 or 19 across the middle of the body. 
a-d. 2 (Se. i +73 V-186, Deli, Sumatra. Mr, Iversen [C.]. 
191; 0. 52, 50) & yg. 
(Se. $3, 47; V. 192, 188; 
C. 52, 51). 
e. 2 (Sc. 7; V. 198; C. Malay Peninsula? Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
51). 
F. Var. mrorerts.—Dark brown or black; sides of head and throat 
yellowish, whitish in the young; no marking on the hood; 
young with whitish rings completely encircling the body and 
tail, and with the white of the sides of the neck extending 
backwards towards its fellow to form an angular band behind 
the hood. 21-23 scales across the neck, 17-19 across the 
middle of the body. 
a,b,c. & (Se. i, 73 V. Sarawak. Sir J. Brooke [P.]. 
185,188; ©. ?,51) & 2 
(Sc. 7; V. 192; 0. 48). 
d, Yg. (Se. 7 V. 199; Sarawak. Rajah Brooke [P.]. 
O. 46). 
Hgr. (Se. 7; V. 192; RejangR.,Sarawak, Brooke Low, Esq. [P.] 
C. 45) 
