232. NAIA. 387 
h. Yg. (V. 236; 0.93). | Cochinchina. KE. Cox-Smith, Esq.[P.]. 
t. Ad., skeleton. Burma. ; 
B. Black above, with narrow white cross-bars; whitish beneath, 
all the shields black-edged. 
a. Yg. (V. 250; ©. 117). ——? 
C. Olive above, scales and shields black-edged; young blackish, 
with a yellow spot on each scale. 
a. 3 (V. 244; C. 82). N, Canara. T. A. Bulkley, Esq. 
P.]. 
b. Yg.(V.257; C.114). Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.]. 
ec. Yg. (V.248; C.118). Malay Archipelago. Dr. Bleeker. (7rimere- 
surus boiet, ee 
.d. 2 (V. 261; C. 81). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 
e. Ad.,.head & tail. Isabella, N.E.Luzon. Whitehead Expedition. 
D. Dark brown above and beneath ; lower surface of head and neck 
yellow. 
a. 3 (V. 254; C. ?). Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.}. 
6. 3 (VY. 256; C. 1183). Claudetown, Baram OC. Hose, Esq. [C. ]. 
R., Sarawak. 
8. Naia anchietzx. 
Naia anchiete, Bocage, Jorn. Sc. Lisb. vii. 1879, pp. 89 & 98, and 
Herp. Angola, p. 133, pl. xvi. fig. 2 (1895). 
Naja haje, Boetty. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1887, p. 164. 
Eye moderate, about half the length of the snout. Rostral as 
deep as broad, its upper portion forming an acute angle wedged in 
between the internasals, and measuring nearly its distance from 
the frontal; internasals shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once 
and a half as long as broad, shorter than its distance from the end 
of the snout, half as long as the parietals; one pra- and two post- 
oculars; three or four suboculars, separating the eye from the 
labials ; temporals 2+3; seven upper labials, sixth largest and in 
contact with the lower postocular; four lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. 
Neck non-dilatable. Scales in 17 rows on the neck as well as 
on the body. Ventrals 181-192; anal entire; subcaudals 52-62. 
Brown to blackish above; end of snout and sides of head yellow; 
yellow or pale brownish beneath, with or without brown spots and 
with a brown or black cross-band under the neck. 
Total length 1800 millim.; tail 340. 
Angola and Ovamboland. 
9. Naia goldii. (Puate XX. fig. 2.) 
Naia goldii, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, p. 34. 
Eye large, two thirds the length of the snout in the adult. 
Rostral broader than deep, the portion visible from above one third 
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