892 Mn. S. S. FLO WEB ON TEH BEPTILES AND [Dec. 1, 



84. IIydhophis toequatds, Gthr. 

 Hydrus nigrocinctus. Cantor, p. 128. 

 Hydropliis torquahis, Bo\il. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 283. 



Cantor gives as locality of this species " sea of Malayan Penin- 

 sula, Penang, and Singapore." 

 Hub. Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca. 



85. DiSTiBA STOKBSir, Gray. 



Diitira stokesii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 288 (skull fig. p. 286). 



There are specimens in the British Museum from Singapore. 

 Blanford mentions two specimens (one 1626 mm. long) from 

 Singapore (P. Z. 8. 1881, p. 215). 



Hah. Indian Ocean, Straits of Malacca, and north coast of 

 Australia. 



86. DisTiBA BEUQMANsri, Boie. 

 Hydrus striatus, part., Cantor, p. 126. 



Distira hrugmansii, Boul. Cut. Snakes, iii. p. 292. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from 

 Dr. Cantor. 



Hah. Persian Gulf, coasts of India and Burma, Straits of 

 Malacca, and the Malay Archipelago. 



87. DisTiBA CTANOOiNCTA, Daud. 

 Hydrus striatus, part.. Cantor, p. 126. 



Vistira cyanocinota, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 294. 

 There is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore. 

 Hah. From the Persian Gulf and the coasts of India to China, 

 Japan, and Papuasia. 



88. DiSTiBA JEBDONii, Gray. 



HyJ/rus niyrocinetus, var.. Cantor, p. 129, pi. xl. fig. 8. 

 Distira jerdonii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 299. 

 There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from 

 Dr. Cantor. 



Hah. Bay of Bengal, Straits of Malacca, and Borneo. 



89. Eniiydbis haedwiokii. Gray. 

 Hydrus pelamidoides, Cantor, p. 133. 



Enhydris hardiviclii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 301, 

 Cantor mentions " sea of Malayan Peninsula and Islands "among 

 the localities of this species. Giinther (Eept. Brit. India, p. 380) 

 says of the typical specimen of Hydropliis hardwicHi, " several 

 circumstances lead me to suppose it was procured at Penang." 

 There are two specimens in the British Museum from Singapore 

 from Mr. Swinhoe. 



Hah. From the Bay of Bengal to the Chinese Sea and New 

 Guinea. 



