1899.] EEPTILES or THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SI AM. 685 



with black both on the sides aud underneath. Head above and 

 below lemon-yellow, boldly aud extensively marked with intense 

 velvety black above, these marks mostly taking the form of trans- 

 verse bands. The anterior portion of the neck is greenish yellow 

 beneath. Iris golden or yellowish brown. Inside of mouth red. 

 Tongue red, with black tips and sometimes two transverse dark 

 marks on it further up. 



Young of Var. D : Yellowish green, with about 118 black 

 transverse bauds, each about twice as broad as the green inter- 

 spaces ; the scales forming the interspaces aud those on the sides 

 are edged with black. Tail extensively marked with black, forming 

 both transverse bands and longitudinal lines. Ventrals with a 

 small black spot on each side above the lateral keel. Head 

 marked as in adults. 



Hah. Southern India, Ce)-lon, Bengal, Assam, Burma, Southern 

 China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Sipora (Mentawei 

 Islands), Java, Borneo (I obtained a specimen from Kudat), 

 Celebes, Sulu Islands, Philippines. 



182. Chetsopelea chetsochlora (Eeinw.). 



Chrysopelea chrysoMora, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 138. 



Recorded from Penang and Singapore. In September 1897 I 

 obtained a specimen in the foothills of Gunong Piilai, Johore. 

 Length 739 mm. 



Colour (in life). Above olive-green, the back ornamented by 

 very distinct bright yellow narrovv transverse bands, not extending 

 on to the sides ; these yellow bands are bordered in front and 

 behind with black, and the broad interspaces are bright red. These 

 yellow, black, and red markings are most distinct on the anterior 

 quarter of the body, and get fainter further back, but they are 

 distinguishable right to the tip of the tail. The lower sui'face 

 (between the lateral keels) is pale olive-green. The lateral keels 

 of the ventral scales are outlined in black ; and the part of the 

 ventral scales above the lateral keel is bright lemon-yellow, each 

 scale narrowly outlined with black. Thus between the darker 

 green upper parts and the paler green bellj^ is a bright yellow 

 stripe along each side, which is continued on to the tail, where it 

 gradually disappears. The upper surface of the head is olive- 

 brown, with a red chevron-like cross-band (with point forward) 

 behind the eyes ; behind this again there is a much smaller chevron 

 pointing backward, and on the back of the head a cross-band, 

 broad in the centre and narrowing to each side ; these three red 

 marks are outlined in black. There is a black line on either side 

 of the head, running from below the nostril, through the lower 

 part of the eye, to the angle of the mouth, dividing the dark 

 upper parts of the head from the lemon-yellow lips and lower 

 surface. 



Hah. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Borneo, 

 Natuna Islands. 



