1896.] BATEAOniANB OF THB MALAY PENINSULA. 877 



136 mm. Colour, upper parts black, bighly iridescent, lower parts 

 pinky-grey. 



Cantor found two specimens on Penang Hill ; Stoliczka found 

 it in the collection he got from Peuang and Province Wellesley ; 

 and there are specimens in the British Museum from Perak and 

 Singapore. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



Family Boid^;. 



5. Pjthon RBi'iouLATua, Schn. 



Python reticulars, Cantor, p. 55 ; Stol. J. A. S. 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, Peralf. 



Ilah. 13urma, Indo-Ohina, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



6. Pythok molurus, L. 



Pytlion molurus, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1870, p. 205; Boul. Cat. 

 Snakes, i. p. 87. 



Stoliczka mentions having " seen several specimens obtained in 

 the Wellesley province." 



Hah. India, Ceylon, Southern China, Malay Peninsula, and Java. 



7. PiXHON OUETDS, Schl. 



Python curtus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, i. p. 89, and P. Z. S. 1889, 

 pi. xlv. 



There are specimens in the British Museum from Malacca and 

 Singapore. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



Family IlxsiiDjE. 



8. CiLiNDROPHis BT7FUS, Lawr. 



Cylindroiihis rufus. Cantor, p. 53 ; Stol. J. A. S. 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 bauds, 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. Stoliczlta found it in the collection he got from 

 Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the 

 British Museum from Penang and Singapore. 



Hah. Burma and Oochinchina to the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 



