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lines, and the space on centre of back between the two broadest 
black lines was red; the belly was also bright red. 
A third specimen was caught in the Botanical Gardens, Singa- 
pore. Ventrals 168; subcaudals 59. Colours (from spirit) :— 
Pale brown above, shading to buff underneath, with eight very 
dark-brown longitudinal lines, those nearest the centre of the 
back are the broadest, blackest, and most distinctly defined ; the 
outer lines are narrow, light, and indistinct; the intermediate rows 
are transitional in width, colour, and sharpness of outline. 
There is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore from 
Dr. Dennys. 
Hab. Southern India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
47. Srmores sienatus, Gthr. 
Simotes signatus, Ginth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 215, pl. xx. fig. F; 
Boul. Cat. Snakes, u. p. 226. 
There are two specimeus in the British Museum from Singapore. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 
48, Srimorus crunNTATUS, Gthr. 
Stmotes cruentatus, Stol. J. A. 8S. B. 1873, p. 121; Boul. Cat. 
Snakes, i. p. 231, pl. x. fig. 1. 
Stoliczka mentions this species as being in the collection he got 
from Penang and Province Wellesley. 
Hab. Burma and Malay Peninsula. 
49. ABLABES TRICOLOR, Schl. 
Ablabes tricolor, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 281. 
Mr. Ridley has found this species in the Botanical Gardens at 
Singapore; two specimens collected by him there are in the 
British Museum. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 
50. ABLABES BALIODIRUS, Boie. 
Coronella baliodeira, Cantor, p. 66. 
Ablabes baliodirus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 283. 
Cantor obtained two specimens from the hills of Penang; I 
obtained one from Province Wellesley. 
Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 
51. ABLABES LONGIOCAUDA, Ptrs. 
Ablabes longicauda, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 284. 
Miller mentions a specimen from Penang in the Bale Museum 
(Verh. natur. Ges. Basel, 1882, p. 143). 
Hab. Malay Peniesula, Sumatra, Borneo. 
52. MAcROCALAMUS LATERALIS, Gthr. 
Macrocalamus lateralis, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 327. 
«The only specimen known is from General Hardwicke’s East 
