FURTHER NOTES ON SNAKES FROM THE CHIN HILLS. 773 



embryos rmdeveloped in the eggs which were six in number and 

 of a creamy- white colour the largest measuring 1*5 by '5 inch. 

 The usual colouring of this species here is a rich chestnut rather 

 than olive with a dorso-lateral series of black spots, the opposite 

 pairs connected across the back by a pale (buff) saddle or bar. 



Tropidonotus subminiatus. — Two were captured, both gravid 

 females. No. 48/10 was taken on the 23rd May and contained 

 some eggs, less than half an inch long, while No. 53/10 caught on 

 16th June had much larger eggs, six being found in each ovary. 

 In both these specimens only two supralabials touch the eye, and 

 this is so common an aberration that it fails entirely as 

 a distinguishing feature from the nearly allied Mmalayanus. No. 

 53/10 had nearly all the supralabial sutures black. It was first 

 seen lying on its back having swallowed the right hind-leg of a 

 toad (Bufo melanostictus) which was making every endeavour to 

 escape and had evidently dragged the snake down a low bank 

 overturning it in the fall. The victim measured three inches from 

 snout to vent and some two and-a-half inches across. The snake 

 had already made a meal on a lizard, the remains of which were 

 found in gastro. The ventrals and subcaudals in the two speci- 

 mens were as follows : — 



No. 48/10 Ventrals 165 Subcaudals 92 pairs. 



No. 53/10 „ 162 „ 61 „ 



No. 48/10 had four postoculars on right. 



Tropidonotus Mmalayanus. — Two specimens. 



No. Date. Length. Tail. Ventrals. Subcaudals. 



59/10. 12th July. 27-25. 7-25. 157 85 pairs. 



65/10. 29th „ 29-5. 4-75. 154 87 „ 



The latter had eaten a frog. In both all the supralabials were 

 black sutured. No. 65/10 had a beautiful yellow collar, while the 

 other had only traces of it in a few yellow spots on the nape. 



Tropidonotus venningi. (Wall.) — Five specimens. 



