4i8 MIt. W. THEOBALD, JUN., ON THE 



Anterior part of body liaudaoinely and vividly reticulated with 

 black and yellow (after tlie pattern of T. stolatus), the coloration 

 being equally vivid in males and females. 



Another specimen, a little shorter, contained twenty eggs in 

 November. 



This species frequents the forests, and is not very common in 

 Pegu. 



T. NIGEOCINOTUS, Blyth. 



a. Adult. Body 18-50 



Tail 7-00 = 25-50 



Colour reddish brown, passing into greenish on the neck and 

 head. A black stripe beneath and another behind the eye, and 

 a broad black patch on each side of the neck. Along the back 

 numerous transverse narrow black bars, not very well defined. 

 Beneath white, dusky towards the tail. In some specimens a 

 yellow collar is present on tho neck. 



This species is far from common in Pegu, and rarely so largo 

 as the dimensions above given. 



T. PUNCTTJLATUS, Qilnth. 



■ Fowlea lieguensis, Theobald, MSS. 



Scales smooth, in fifteen rows. "Upper labials nine, the fourth 

 and fifth entering the orbit. Anteocular one. Postoculars three. 

 Loreal one, squarish. Nasals two. Prontals two pairs, anterior 

 pair small and pointed. Vertical moderate. Superciliaries and 

 occipitals large. Anal bifid. Scales smooth, lozenge-shaped, on 

 neck in seventeen, on body in fifteen rows. Eye large. 



a. Adult male. 



Above dark umber-brown, beneath white, the dark coloration 

 of the back distinctly separated from the pale underparts. 

 Upper labials white. A dark line down each side, formed by the 

 dark tips of the scuta and tho hind part of each supraabdominal 

 scale. 



I. Adult female. 



Colour ordinary brown (not tho peculiar dark unibcr of tlio 

 male) much mottled witli yellow, which, in some specimens, is 

 the predominant hue. 



This species is rather variable in colour, both sexually and 

 individually. It appears to be intermediate between Tropidonofus 



