668 ilE. STATSLEY S. S-LOWEa OST tHfi [May l6, 



lyy. Coluber porphyeaceus Cantor. 



Coluber porphyraceus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 34. 



The Brit. Mus. Catalogue mentions a specimen from Singapore, 

 from Dr. Cantor. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Yunnan, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra. 



N.B. — Coluber hodgsonii (Giinth.) is recorded from Singapore ! 

 [E. Hanitsch, Eep. Eaffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10.] 



134. COLXTBER TJENIURUS (Copo). 



Coluber tceniurus, Blgr, Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 47 ; Eidley, J. S. B. E. 

 A. S. 1898, p. 99. 



This snake has been recently added to the known fauna of the 

 Malay Peninsula by Mr. H. N. Eidley, who obtained specimens in 

 the Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpor. In June 1898 Mr. A. L. 

 Butler and myself visited these caves and obtained more specimens 

 of this co-called " White Snake." They were far in the hill-side, 

 where no daylight can ever penetrate ; one specimen had a recently 

 swallowed bat in its stomach ; the largest was 2260 mm. (7 feet 



5 inches) in total length. In September 1897 I received a speci- 

 men, through the kindness of Dr. Wilson, caught in Johore Bahru, 

 which measured 1657 mm. inlength ; and, in Sept. or Oct. 1898, I 

 hear Mr. Butler " caught a ' Cave Suake' in a drawer in a rest- 

 house in Selangor on the Pahang track, miles away from any rocks : 

 it is olivaceous in colour." 



Hab. Manchuria, China, Sik])im, Cochinchina, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



135. Coluber oxycephalus Boie. 



Herpetodryas oxycephalus, Cantor, p. 80. 



Coluber oxycephalus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 56. 



This handsome green Snake is found in the hills of Peuang 

 (two specimens recorded by Cantor, and I have seen two in the 

 collection of Mr. van Sommeren), in Larut, Perak (specimen in the 

 Taiping Museum), in Pahaug (E. Hanitsch, Eep. Eaffles, Libr. 



6 Mus. 1897, p. 10), in Malacca (Peters, Monatsb. Berl. Ac. 1895, 

 p. 269), in Johore (Dr. Wilson gave me a specimen from Johore 

 Bahru), and in Singapore (two specimens in the Bi'itish Museum 

 from Gen. Hard vvicke and one obtained by myself in October 1897). 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Java, 

 Borneo, Philippines, Great Natuna Island. 



136. Coluber melanueus Schleg. 



Coluber melanurus, Bigr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 60; S. Elower, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 883. 



This snake is found in the hills of Peuang (two specimens in 

 Mr. van Sommeren's collection), in Province Wellesley, in Selangor 



