680 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 



from Bangkok. In the Kuala Lumpor Museum there is a speci- 

 men caught at Pulo Angsa, on the coast of Selangor. 



Hob. Mouths of rivers and coasts of Pegu, Siam, and Malay 

 Peninsula. 



169. Heepeton tentaculattjm Lacep. 



Herpeton tentaeulatum, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 25. 



Siamese. " Ngu kra-dahng." 



There is in the Siamese Museum a specimen of this singular 

 snake labelled " Siam," and I obtained two more, caught in different 

 parts of the town of Bangkok. The larger, about 630 mm. in 

 length, had recently swallowed a fish when caught. In life the 

 tentacles on the snout are soft, capable of expansion and retraction, 

 and apparently very sensitive ; the snake constantly moves them 

 about, as if they performed the function of the antennae of Arthro- 

 pods. Why this particular reptile is thus furnished it is difficult, in 

 our present state of knowledge, to imagine, seeing that other snakes 

 use their tongue as a feeler. When the specimen is placed in 

 spirits the tentacles retract and are not so conspicuous as they are 

 in life. 



Hab. Siam, Cochinchina. 



Subfamily Dipsadomorphin^!. 



170. DiPSADOMORPHUS MULTIMACITLATUS (Boie). 



Dipsadomorphus multimaculatus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii, p. 63. 



Cantor mentions this species from the hills of Penang and the 

 Peninsula, and M. Mouhot obtained a specimen at Pachebone, Siam. 

 There is one in the Siamese Museum labelled " Siam," and I 

 obtained another in Bangkok, 625 mm. in length, with 19 rows of 

 scales. 



Hab. Burma, South China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, 

 Java, Celebes. 



171. DiPSADOMORPHUS GOKOOL (Gray). 

 Dipsadomorphus gokool, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 64. 

 Hab. Bengal, Assam, Malay Peninsula. 



172. DiPSADOMORPHUS DENDROPHILUS (Boie). 



DipsadomorpTivs dendrophilus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 70. 



" Ular Puntee " of the Malays of Kedah. 



Localities. Var. B : Recorded from Kedah, Penang, Pangkor 

 (Dindings), Ipoh district of Perak (R. Hanitsch, Eep. Eaffles Libr. 

 & Mus. 1897, p. 10), and Singapore. 



Habits. A specimen I obtained from Kudat, British North 

 Borneo, 1224 mm. in length, looked very distended, and we found 

 in its stomach a recently swallowed Tiee-^nake (Chrysopelea ornata), 

 which was rather longer than itself ; the swallowed prey was, as 



