1897.] REPTILES AXD B.VTR.VCHIAyS OF CELEBES. 219 



(Beccari collection) ; a male specimen (V". 125 ; C. 53) was obtained 

 at Biiol bj the Drs. Sarasin, and a female (V. 142 ; C. 45) in 

 Southern Celebes, at an altitude of 2000 feet, by Mr. Everett. 



47. Teopidokotus thia^'guligerus, Boie. 



Macassar (Mei/er). 



A single specimen ( c? , V. 150 ; C. 72) was collected in Southern 

 Celebes, at an altitude of 2000 feet, by Mr. Everett. 



48. Tropido^'otfs tittatus, L. 

 Manado (Meyer). 



The specimens preserved in the British Museum are apparently 

 referred to T. quijtcunciatus in Dr. Meyers list. 



49. Tropidoxotus stjbminiatus, Schleg. 

 Manado (Meyer). T. manadensis, Grthr. 



50. Tropidojtotcs chrtsaegoxdes, Gthr. 



10 specimens : Bone Valley (E. of Gorontalo), Kema, Tomohon. 



Manado (Meyer). Manado (Bruijn). 



The fine series collected by the Drs. Sarasin shows that 

 T. callishis, Gthr., is nothing but the young of T. chrysargoides, 

 the short head and brilliant coloration of the former being juvenile 

 characters which gradually disappear with age. Two to four post- 

 oculars; temporals 2-|-2 or 2+3; eight or nine upper labials, 

 fourth and fifth, fifth and sixth, or fourth, fifth, and sLxth entering 

 the eye. Ventrals 148-160 ; subcaudals 70-85. 



51. LxCODOIf ATJXICUS, L. 



A single specimen from Macassar. 

 Macassar (J/^z/er). Tem^Q (Weher). • 



52. Ltcodon stormi, Bttgr, (Plate XII. fig. 3.) 



Head strongly depressed; eye small. Eostral broader than 

 deep, just visible from above ; internasals much shorter than the 

 praefroutals, which are longer than broad ; frontal once and a half 

 as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral or the tip 

 of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; loreal a little longer 

 than deep, not entering the eye, not touching the internasal ; one 

 praeocular, not reaching the frontal ; two postoculars (the upper, 

 in one specimen, fused witli the supraocular) ; temporals small, 

 1 + 3 + 4, or 3+4+4; eight or nine upper labials, third and fourth 

 or third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the 

 posterior. Scales smooth, in 19 rows. Ventrals 217-231, angulate 

 laterally : anal entire ; subcaudals 73-78, all single. Slate-colour 

 or dark brown, with whitish anuuli speckled with black, the white 

 most marked on the lower surface ; 23 annuli on the body. 



Total length 720 millim. ; tail 135. 



The type specimen, described by Boettger, came from Celebes. 



Two specimens from Buol are in the Drs. Sarasin's collection. 



