g68 ME. Stanley s. S-lowee on ^he [May l6, 



133. COLtrUER POBPHYEACEFS Cantor. 



Coluber porphyraceus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 34. 



The Brit. Mus. Catalogue mentions a specimen from Singapore, 

 from Dr. Cantor. 



Hah. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Yunnan, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra. 



]Vf3, — CoLUBEE HODGSONii (GUutb.) is recorded from Singapore ! 

 [E. kanitsch, Eep. Eaffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10.] 



134. CoLUBEE T^NiuEUs (Cope). 



Coluber tceniurus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 47 ; Eidley, J. S. B. E. 

 A. S. 1898, p. 99. 



This snake has been recently added to the known fauna of the 

 Malay Peninsula by Mr. H. N. Eidley, who obtained specimens in 

 the Batu Caves, near Kuala Lumpor. In June 1898 Mr. A. L. 

 Butler and myself visited these caves and obtained moi-e specimens 

 of this co-called " White Snake." They were far in the hill-side, 

 where no daylight can ever penetrate ; one specimen had a recently 

 swallowed bat' in its stomach ; the largest was 2260 mm. (7 feet 



5 inches) in total length. In September 1897 I received a speci- 

 men, through the kindness of Dr. Wilson, caught in Johore Bahru, 

 which measured 1657 mra.inlength ; and, in Sept. or Oct. 1898, I 

 hear Mr. Butler " caught a ' Cave Snake ' in a drawer in a rest- 

 house in Selangor on the Pahang track, miles away from any rocks : 

 it is olivaceous in colour." 



Hah. Manchuria, China, Sikliim, Cochinchina, Siam, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



135. COLUBEE OXYCEBHALUS Boie. 



Herpetodryas oxycephalus, Cantor, p. 80. 



Coluber oxycephalus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 56. 



This handsome green Snake is found in the hills of Penang 

 (two specimens recorded by Cantor, and I have seen two in the 

 collection of Mr. van Sommeren), in Larut, Perak (specimen in the 

 Taiping Museum), in Pahang (E. Hanitsch, Eep. Eaffles, Libr. 



6 Mus. 1897, p. 10), in Malacca (Peters, Monatsb. Berl. Ac. 1895, 

 p. 269), in Johore (Dr. Wilson gave me a specimen from Johore 

 Bahru), and in Singapore (two specimens in the British Museum 

 from Gen, Hardwicke and one obtained by myself in October 1897). 



Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Java, 

 Borneo, Philippines, Great Natuna Island, 



136. COLUBEE MELANUEUS Schleg. 



Coluber onelanurus, Bigr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 60; S. Plower, 

 P. Z. S. 1896, p. 883. 



This snake is found in the hills of Penang (two specimens in 

 Mr. van Sommeren's collection), in Province Wellesley, in Selangor 



