1896.J BATB.VCHIANS OF THE MALA.Y PENINSULA. 893 



90. Enhyjbrina talakadien, Boie. 



Hydrus scliistosus, Cantor, p. 132. 



Eahydrina valakadien, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 302. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from 

 Dr. Cantor. 



IJab. From the Persian Gulf, along the coasts of India and Burma 

 to the Malay Archipelago and Papuasia. 



91. AiPYSUBUS Ei-Docrxi, Gray. 



Aipysw-us eydouxii, Boul. Oat. Snakes, iii. p. 304. 



Boettger mentions three specimens said to have been caught at 

 Singapore (Zool. Anz., 1892, p. 420). 



I obtained one specimen, a male, from Sourabaya, Java, and 

 kept it alive in a tin of sea water for about a month, vi'hen it died 

 through an accident. It was gentle when handled, never attempt- 

 ing to bite. It could move fast, but awkwardly, on dry land, and 

 sometimes would craw] out of tlie water of its own accord. The 

 colours in life are very handsome — above dark olive-brown, with 

 bright yellow transverse stripes, the stripes and edges of the brown 

 scales outlined in black ; beneath bright yellow. Ventrals 134. 

 Length 559 mm. 



Hab. Seas of Malay Archipelago. 



92. Platubus colubbinus, Schn. 



Laiicauda scutata. Cantor, p. 12.5. 



Platurus colubrinus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 308 (skull fig. 

 p. 307). 



There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from 

 Dr. Cantor. Blanford mentions this species (Platurus scutatvs) 

 from Singapore (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 215). 



Hab. From the Bay of Bengal to the China Sea and the "West 

 South Pacific. 



Subfamily EiAPiNiE. 



93. BUNGABUS FASCIATUS, Schn. 



Butigarus fasciatus, Cantor, p. 113; Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. 

 p. 366. 



Cantor mentions this species from Penang and Prov. Wellesley, 

 and Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang and 

 Province Wellesley. Blanford mentions it from Singapore. 



Hab. India, Burma, Southern China, Indo-China, Malay Penin- 

 sula, Sumatra, and Ja\'a. 



94. BUNGARUS OANDIDDS, L. 



Bungarus eandidus, Cantor, p. 113 ; Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. 

 p. 368 (skull fig. p. 365). 



Cantor mentions this species from Kedab, and there are five 



