bad 
1896.] BATRAOCHIANS OF THD MALAY PENINSULA. 877 
136 mm. Colour, upper parts black, highly iridescent, lower parts 
pinky-grey. 
Cantor found two specimens on Penang Hill; Stoliczka found 
it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley ; 
and there are specimens in the British Museum from Perak and 
Singapore. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 
Family Bor. 
5, PyrHon REVICULATUS, Schn. 
Python reticulatus, Cantor, p. 55; Stol. J. A. 8. B. 1873, p. 115; 
Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 85. 
Cantor says this species is “ very numerous in the Malayan hills 
and valleys”; Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from 
Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the 
British Museum from Penang and Singapore. I have seen 
specimens recently caught in Penang, on the Krean river (Prov. 
Wellesley), and near Taiping, Perak. 
Hab. Burma, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
6. Pyraon mouurtus, L. 
Python molurus, Stol. J. A. 8. B. 1870, p. 205; Boul. Cat. 
Snakes, i. p. 87. 
Stoliczka mentions having “seen several specimens obtained in 
the Wellesley province.” 
Hab. India, Ceylon, Southern China, Malay Peninsula, and Java. 
7. Pyrnon curtvs, Schl. 
Python curtus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 89, and P. Z. S. 1889, 
pl. xlv. 
There are specimens in the British Museum from Malacca and 
Singapore. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
Family Inys1rp 2. 
8. CyLINDROPHIs RUFUS, Lawr. 
Cylindrophis rufus, Cantor, p. 53 ; Stol. J. A. 8. B. 1873, p.114; 
Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 135. 
I obtained one specimen at Tanglin, Singapore. Length 
483 mm. Scales in 21 rows. Colour, uniform black above, belly 
black with transverse white bands, orange collar-mark on neck, 
bright vermilion mark on tail. A second specimen obtained in 
Singapore was 546 mm. in length. Cantor mentions one specimen 
from Singapore. Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from 
Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the 
British Museum from Penang and Singapore. 
Hab. Burma ‘and Cochinchina to the Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago. 
