512 CAPT. F. WALL ON SNAKES FROM | Dec. 12, 
C AMAMI. 
1. Tropidonotus pryert. (3) 
2. Dinodon senicarinatus. (3) | 
? 3. Ablabes semicarinatus. (3) 37 
o 4, Hemibungarus japonicus. (4) ( 
6 = Jee é 
| 5. Lachesis okinavensis. (3) | 
: 6. 4,  flavoviridis. (21) J 
= OKINAWA. 
- 1. Tropidonotus pryert. (54) 
iw 2. Dinodon semicarinatus. (19) | 
3. Ablabes semicarinatus. (131) 934 
4, Hemibungarus japonicus. (6) r " 
5. Lachesis okinavensis. (4) | 
(UG: » flavoviridis. (20) } 
Miyako. 
1. Dinodon rufozonatus. (2) 5 
E 2. Lachesis mucrosquamatus. (3) 
§ IsHIGAKI. 
© 1. Dinodon rufozonatus. (2) 
fe) : 3 
3 2. Coluber schmackerr. (1) 
oe [TRIOMOTE. 
8 1. Tropidonotus pryerc. (1) 
2. Dinodon rufozonatus. (4) 7 
3. Ablabes hermine. (1) 
L 4. Lachesis mucrosquamatus. (1) | 
IDeyngl SMES s5.40d080500 461 
SealSmakesii i jesse: 52 
Motel cecnasaee essa oneir 513 
Hitherto the Snakes from the Loo Choo Archipelago have 
been simply labelled “Loo Choos,” with no special reference, 
except in a few instances, to the particular islands from which 
they were obtained (vide Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. 
vols. iiii.). Thanks to the careful and methodical way in which 
Mr. Owston has labelled his specimens, more than a usual interest 
attaches to his collection, for it shows that the distribution of the 
species in this region is restricted to very definite zoological areas. 
Three such may be recognised by a glance at the above-given list:— 
(1) The Japanese area, with which the islands of Tanega and 
Yaku must be included. It will be noticed that all the species 
from these two islands belong to the Japanese Snake fauna except 
Lachesis okinavensis, a single specimen of which, curiously enough, 
was collected in Yaku. (2) The North Loo Chooan area, com- 
prising the islands Amami and Okinawa. ‘The six species collected 
