A444 AMBLYCEPHALID 2. 
loreal longer than deep; one preocular; a crescentic subocular; a 
small postocular sometimes present; temporals elongate, 2+3 ; 
seven or eight upper labials; three pairs of large chin-shields, 
anterior longer than broad and in contact with the symphysial, 
Seales smooth, equal, in 15 rows. Ventrals 136-151 ; anal entire; 
subcaudals 37-47. Brown or dark grey above, with irregular 
transverse series of black and white spots; a white nuchal collar 
may be present; lower parts white, spotted or dotted with black on 
the sides. 
Total length 350 millim. ; tail 57. | 
* Canton, Hong Kong, are — Siam, Tenasserim. 
ger. (V. 136; OC, 44). Kong. Indian Museum [E.]. 
b. ° ey. 136 ; C. 42). ountains. M. Mouhot [C.}. 
c. 9 (V. 154; C. 38). Onsibatee 
5. Amblycephalus andersonii. 
eye ee hae Bouleng. Ann. Mus, Genova, (2) vi. 1888, p. 601, 
V. 
Acnbivesnahas andersonii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 416 (1890). 
Internasals about one third the length of the prefrontals; 
latter entering the eye; frontal slightly longer than broad, two 
thirds the length of the parietals; supraocular moderate, not quite 
half the width of the frontal; a small loreal; a preocular, a post- 
ocular, and a crescentic subocular, excluding the labials from the 
eye; temporals 2+3,; seven upper labials, seventh very long ; three 
pairs of large chin-shields. Scales in 15 rows, dorsals feebly 
keeled. Ventrals 153-155; anal entire; subcaudals 38-46. Dark 
brown above, with distant small black spots with a white dot; 
labial region spotted black and white; lower parts white, with 
-closely-set squarish black spots. 
Total length 350 millim. ; tail 52. 
Upper Burma. 
6. Amblycephalus modestus. 
thee modestus, Theob. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 55, and Cat. 
Rept. Brit. an & 204 (1876). 
Amblycephalus modestus, Rondeng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 416 (1890). 
Internasals small; prefrontals large, entering the eye; supra- 
ocular small; loreal moderate; preoculars two, very small; post- 
ocular one, very small; a band-like subocular, excluding the ‘labials 
from the orbit; two anterior temporals ; seven upper labials, seventh 
very long ; three pairs of large chin-shields. Scales in 15 rows, 
dorsals faintly keeled. Colour above uniform brown; below pale 
yellowish. 
Pegu. 
7. Amblycephalus macularius. 
Pareas macularius, Theob. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 54. 
— berdmorii, part., Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soe. Mus. 1868, p. 63. 
