52 jVrU. W. THEOTJALD, JUN., ON THE 



though the development of the yellow spots varies a little. In 

 some specimens a series of red rosettes occurs down the back, or 

 the back has merely a red tinge ; but the reddish colour is merely 

 seasonal. It is a common species in Pegu, and feeds largely on 

 Geckos. 



Dendrophis, Boie. 



D. pictus, Gmel. 



This species is rare in Pegu, but very fine and plentiful in the 

 Andamans. 



Family DETOPHID^. 



Tkagops, WagJer. 

 T. PBASiNUS, Eein. 



a. Adult male. Body .... 47-00 



Tail .... 2 1-50 =71 -50. 

 Colour bright grass-green, with a yellow side-stripe. Beneath 

 pale green. Throat tinged with blue. Captured near Eangoon. 

 I. Adult female. Body .... 27-40 



Tail .... 12-55=39-95. 

 Colour pale green. Sides yellow. Side-stripe white. Throat 

 whitish. Belly brown. Captured near Eangoon, in March. 

 Contained ten eggs. Another variety is less common. Colour 

 pale grey, or greyish ochre. Interstitial skin chequered with 

 oblique black and white bars. Beneath whitish or, towards the 

 tail, brownish. This species is abundant in Pegu, though large 

 specimens are somewhat rare. 



T. ]?RON'rioiNCTUs, Giinther. 



a. Adult female. Body. . . .22-00 



Tail .... 12-00=3400, 

 Colour bronze-brown. Belly dark ruddy brown, with a black 

 lateral line, and above it a broader stripe of creamy white. This 

 specimen contained seven foetuses, each six inches long. It was taken 

 in Mangrove swamps, on the Arakan coast, and is very arboreal 

 in its habits. Other specimens were bright green, with a pale-yel- 

 lowish belly, with the black lateral lino broadly margined above 

 with yellow. These specimens accord precisely with Giinther's de- 

 scription, save that the above description is drawn up from the 

 . living aniinal. The species is easily recognized by its large nasal, 



