1899.] nEPTiiES or the malay petjinsula and siam. 073 



Size. The largest specimen, a female from Bangkok, measured 

 330 mm. in total length. 



Hah. Siam, Cambodia, Cochinchina. 



147. Simotes crfejs^tatus Giiuther. 



Simotes cruentatits, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 231, pi. x. fig. 1, 

 Hab. Burma, Malay Peninsula (Stol. T. A. S.B. 1873, p. 121). 



148. Ablabes tricolor (Schleg.). 

 Ahlabes tricolor, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 281. 



Found in Singapore by Mr. Ridley, and I got a specimen near 

 the foot of Government Hill, Penang, in April 1898 ; it was a 

 gentle snake, 468 mm. in total length. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 



149. Ablabes baliodieus (Boie). 

 Coronella baliodeira, Cantor, p. Q6. 



Ablabes baliodirus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 283. 



Cantor obtained two specimens from the hills of Penang ; he 

 says " it is of fierce habits." Mr. Eidley informs me he caught an 

 Ablabes baliodirus on the top of Bujang Malacca, in Perak, in Sept. 

 or Oct. 1898. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Natuna Islands, Borneo. 



150. Ablabes longicauda Peters. 



Ablabes longicauda, Blgr. Cat. vSnakes, ii. p. 284. 



Mr. C. Curtis, Superintendent of the Botanical Gardens, Penang, 

 kindly gave me a specimen of this apparently rare snake, which he 

 had found alive in a tin box in his house in the suburbs of George- 

 town, Penang, during March or April 1 898. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



151. Macrocalamus lateralis Giiuther. 



Macrocalamus lateralis, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 199, pi. xviii. 

 fig. D ; Blgr. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 327. 



This species was known from a single specimen (from General 

 Hardvvicke's East Indian collection) of doubtful locality. In 

 April 1898 I was fortunate enough to get three individuals in the 

 Larut Hills, Perak, at an elevation of 4400 feet. 



Description. These three specimens agree with the description of 

 M. lateralis, except that they possess a loreal shield, larger than 

 deep ; the type-specimen was apparently abnormal in having 

 the loreals united with the praefrontals. The numbers of ventral 

 and subcaudal shields were respectively 110 and 25, 110 and 27, 

 119 and 21. 



Colour. Above rich dark reddish brown. Below, head and neck 

 yellow, remainder bright coral-red, with a black latero-ventral line, 

 clearly defined from the under surface of the neck to the tip of the 

 tail on each side, 



