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22. Callophis macclellandii Eeinh. 



A single specimen, measuring 660 millim., o£ the typical form 

 (cJ. V.193; C.36). 



23. Ancistbodon acutus G-thr. 



Two male specimens (V. 164, 161 : C. 56, 59). 



This large pit-viper, discovered by Mr. A. E. Pratt in the 

 mountains north of Kiukiang and since obtained at Ichang by 

 the same traveller, is, I am informed by Mr. Styan, of gentle 

 disposition and is freely handled by the Chinese. 



24. Laohesis gramineus Shaw. 

 A single specimen. 



BATEACHIA. 



1. Eana kuhli D. & B. 



Numerous specimens of a small form — the largest male measuring 

 60 millim. from vent to snout, the largest female full of ripe eggs 

 51 — distinguished by a rather shorter vs'eb between the toes, the 

 membrane reaching only the penultimate phalanx of the fourth 

 toe. The first finger does not extend, or extends but very slightly, 

 beyond the second. Males have a very large head and are devoid 

 of a vocal sac and of nuptial horny excrescences. A Chinese 

 specimen, from the Lofau hills, Province of Canton, has been 

 described by Peters in 1882 under the name of Nyctihatraclius 

 sinensis. 



Specimens obtained by Dr. J. Anderson in Yunnan, and now 

 preserved in the British Museum, are intermediate between the 

 Kuatun specimens and the typical form from Java in the extent 

 of the v/eb on the sides of the fourth toe. 7 out of the 19 

 Kuatun specimens have a yellow vertebral stripe. 



2. Eana boulengeei Gthr. 



This species is very closely allied to B. JcuJilii, with which I 

 have confounded it in the British Museum ' Catalogue.' The 

 female, from Ningpo, has been described and figured by Giinther 

 in the ' Eeptiles of British India,' p. 404, pi. xxvi. fig. A, as 

 B. I'uJilii, and the breeding male has been since described from 

 two specimens from Ichang and kindly named after me (Ann. & 

 Mag. N. H. [6] iv. 1889, p. 222). Young specimens from near 

 Ningpo have been presented to the British Museum by Messrs. 

 Bassett-Smith and J. J. Walker. 



Two specimens, male and female, are in Mr. La Touche's 

 collection. 



The following description is based on 7 specimens. 



Vomerine teeth in two small oblique groups commencing on a 

 level with, and extending back beyond, the choauae. No tooth- 

 like processes in the lower jaw. Head broader than long ; snout 

 short, broadly rounded, a little shorter than the diameter of the 



