no 



xenodon inornatus). The length of the animal from the snout to the 

 anal opening is 42 cm, of the tail not quite 3 cm remain. 



As can be seen from the diagnosis above this form differs from the 

 Javanese Pseudoxenodon inornatus in having a larger number of ven- 

 tral shields, differently shaped loreal and frontal, three upper labials 

 entering the eye, only one praeocular and different colour etc. The 

 Chinese P. dorsalis has only 1 7 rows of scales and two upper labials 

 entering the eye and is differently coloured. The himalayan S. macrops 

 is most similar to our form with regard to the lepidosis of the head, 

 but has a larger number of ventrals and is differently coloured and 

 has only two upper labials entering the eye. When a sufficient number 

 of specimens are known it might be possible that the differences 

 between the known species of Pseudoxenodon may be abolished, but it 

 seems as if this form ^' inter médius^'- as yet must be distinguished. 



Simotes octolineatus (Schneid.) 2 specimens, in one of which the 

 most ventral black stripe is nearly inconspicuous. 



DendropMs pictus (Gmelin) 2 specimens. 

 Coluber melanurus Schleg. 1 specimen. 

 Dryophis prasinus Boie 4 specimens. 

 Bungarus fasciatus (Schneid.) 1 specimen. 

 Bungarus candidus (Lin.) 3 specimens. 

 Amhlyceplialus carinatus Boie 1 specimen. 



The collection of lizards contains the following species: 



Gymnodactylus marmoratus (Kuhl) Fitz. 1 specimen. Eggs pro- 

 bably belonging to this species have diameters of 10 and 8 mm. The 

 surface of the shell is comparatively deeply pitted , but not granulate. 



Hemidactylus frenatus (Schleg.) Dum. & Bibr. 6 specimens. 



Gecko verticillatus (Laur.) 1 specimen fully coloured and 8 cm 

 in length taken out from the egg shell, fragments of which are strongly 

 granulate. 



Gecko stentor Cantor 1 specimen. 



Ptychozoon homalocephalum Creveldt 3 specimens. One of the 

 specimens which probably has had its tail broken and reproduced has 

 but three annuii with corresponding dermal lobes at the base of the 

 tail, the remaining outer part is not annulate and surrounded by 

 an undivided dermal expansion. A fourth specimen 5 cm in length 

 with adherent yolk sac taken out from the e^g shell has the tail al- 

 ready distinctly annulate and all dermal appendages developed. The 

 eggs which are about 15 mm in length show a granulate (but rather 

 indistinctly) surface. The collector informs us on the label that the 

 eggs are fixed to the lower parts of bamboos and one side of the e^^ 



