514 CAP. F. WALL ON SNAKES FROM [Dec. 12, 
chevrons on the head, the anterior converging in front of the eyes, 
divergent behind to form postocular streaks, the posterior con- 
verging on the frontal, both often obscure or almost obliterated. 
Tn one the belly was sparsely spotted and in another was whitish 
and unspotted. The young were pinkish-brown or dove-coloured 
with small black dorsal spots, with an inclination to a transverse 
distribution; the belly whitish chequered black. One Hondo 
adult specimen had preserved the peculiar colouring and dorsal - 
spots of the young, but the belly was rosy, as is usual in adults. 
In this specimen the scales in mid-body counted 23. The example 
obtained in Tanega Island was a very distinct colour-variety, 
singularly resembling a Dinodon japonicus at first sight. It was 
light brown with well-defined black bars, as wide as the intervals. 
A series of large spots in the flanks alternated with the dorsal 
bars. The usual head-marks were present and the belly was 
chequered black and white. 
5. CoLUBER CLIMACOPHORUS.—AIl the eleven specimens were 
obtained from Japan (Hondo). In four specimens the scales were 
25 in mid-body, in all the rest 23. The subocular was absent in 
one. Temporals three in one. Postoculars three on one side 
in two. Anterior chins touched four infralabials im two. One 
captured on 6th July contained 14 eggs with no trace of embryo, 
the largest of which measured 2" x 1335". 
6. COLUBER QUADRIVIRGATUS.—Of 32 examples, 30 were collected 
in Japan (Hondo) and two in the Island of Yaku. In one Hondo 
specimen the supraiabials were nine with the fifth and sixth 
touching the eye on one side. Postoculars three on one side in 
one specimen. Nearly all belonged to Boulenger’s Variety A*. 
The young were lighter in colour, with well-marked spots or cross- 
bars, but the longitudinal stripes faint or absent. One of the 
Yaku specimens belonged to Variety B, and the other was inter- 
mediate between A and B. 
Family VIPERID. Subfamily CroraLin#. 
7. ANCISTRODON BLOMHOFFIt.—-Of 41 specimens, 39 were from 
Japan (Hondo 38, Yezo 1), one from Tanega Island, and one 
from Yaku Island‘. In only one Hondo specimen were the 
scales 23 in the middle of the body, but this number was present 
in both the specimens from Tanega and Yaku. The ventrals and 
subcaudals in the Yaku example were 143+ 53, and in the Tanega 
example the ventrals were 142. One had eaten a frog. One 
captured on the 27th June contained three immature eggs with 
no trace of embryo. 
* Op. cit. vol. ii. p. 60. 
+ It is doubtful whether the specimen in the British Museum labelled Okinawa 
(Boulenger, op. cit. vol. ili. p. 526) is correctly recorded. It appears to be the only 
specimen reported from the Loo Choo Group of islands, where it is singularly out 
of place. Tsu Sima is an island im the Corean Strait, and not in the Loo Choos as 
stated by Boulenger on the same page. 
