238. DOLIOPHIS. 401 
or a little shorter than the parietals ; one pre- and two postoculars ; 
temporals 1+1 or 142; six upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; anterior chin-shields a little longer than the 
posterior and in contact with three or four lower labials. Scales in 
13 rows. Ventrals 244-293; anal entire; subcaudals 34-50. 
Dark purple or black above ; head, tail, and lower parts red, 
Total length 1610 millim.; tail 190. 
Burma, Cochin-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 
A. A fine white lateral line between the borders of the two outer 
rows of scales. (E. bivirgatus, Boie.) 
a, 3 (V. 274; C. 40). Pinang. Gen. Hardwicke [P. ]. 
b. 3 (V. 281; C. 49). Java. 
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B. Four white lines along the body, the outer broader and running 
along the adjacent halves of the two outer rows of scales. 
(EZ. tetratenia, Blkr.) 
- a. & (V. 280; C. 44). Sintang, Borneo. Dr. Bleeker. 
(Type of £. tetratenia.) 
b. 9 (V. 244; C. 44). Matang, Borneo. 
c. 9 (V. 246; C. 38). Bongon, N. Borneo. A. Everett, Esq [C.]. 
C. A pale blue lateral stripe, occupying the two outer rows of 
scales. (LH. flaviceps, Cant.) 
a. 2 (V. 252; C. 38). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
b. 3 (V. 293; C. 50). Pinang. 
c, 2 (V. 253 ; C. 37). Kedah, Malay Peninsula. 3B. E. Mitchell, Esq. 
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d. ee (V. 244; ©. Singapore. pf Dennys [P.]. 
e. 2 (V. 263; C.48). Deli, Sumatra. Mr. Iversen [C.]. 
Fg. 2 (V. 246; C. p Kast India Co. [ P.]. 
37) & hgr. (V. 272; : 
©. 47). 
h. 2 (V. 249; C. 34). ——P 
2. Doliophis intestinalis. 
Seba, Thes. ii. pl. ii. fig. 7 (1785) ; Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pl. xix. 
1801). 
Aspis intestinalis, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 106 (1768). 
Elaps furcatus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 8303 (1801) ; Schleg. Phys. 
Serp. ii. p. 450, pl. xvi. figs. 12 & 13 (1837), and Abdild. pl. xlvi. 
figs. 1-8 (1844); Cantor, Proce. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 34; Dum. § 
Bibr. vii. p. 1228 (1854) ; Motley § Dillwyn, Nat. Hist. Labuan, 
p. 45 (1855) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. 43, pl. i. fig. 3 (1873). 
Vipera furcata, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 22 (1803). 
Maticora lineata, Gray, Ill. Ind. Zool. ii. pl. lxxxvi. fig. 2 (1834). 
Elaps intestinalis, Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 107 (1847); Giinth. 
Cat. p. 230 (1858). ' 
trilineatus, Dum. § Bibr. t..c. p. 1227; v. Lidth de Jeude, in: 
M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. i. p. 191, pl. xvi. fig. 10 (1890). 
thepassi, Bleek, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xx. 1859, p. 201. 
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