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which stretches back and simulates an additional anterior frontal, 

 and is by no means scarce in the Mangrove swamps on the 

 Arakan coast. 



T. JAVANicus, Steiu. 



Passeeita, Gray. 



P. MTOTEBIZANS, L. 



a. Adult female. Body .... 39 00 



Tail .... 2100 =6000. 

 Captured at Toughu. 



This species is scarce in Pegu ; but I have seen it from Prome 

 and Thaiet-mio, and it doubtless occurs sparingly throughout the 

 Provinces. 



Pamily DIPSADIDJE. 



DiPSAS. 

 D. MULTIMACULATA. 



a. Adult. Body 28-00 



Tail 7-00 =3500. 



This beautiful species is somewhat common in Pegu and 

 Tenasserim. 



D. ocHEACEA, Theobald. 



Porma gracili, compressa. Squamis cervice novemdecim, corpore 

 septemdecim, et juxta caudam quindecim ordinibus. Labi- 

 alibus supcrioribus novcm, quorum quartum, quintum scx- 

 tumquo orbcm taugunt; quiuto parvo, sed sexto, scptimo 

 octavoque maximis ; pupula juxta suturam quiuti sextique. 

 Colore ochraceo, seu flavescente luteo, subtus pallido. 

 a. Corpus . . 27-50 



Cauda. . . 7-50 = 35-00. PropeEangoon cap turn. 

 h. Corpus. . . 24-25 



Cauda . . . 5-75=30-00. Prope Maulmaiu captum 

 a Col. D. Browne. Haud differt a pr^ecedente, ni labialibus 

 supcrioribus octo tantum, quorum tertium orbem tangit. 



Porm slender, compressed. Scales on the neck in nineteen, on 

 the body in seventeen, and near the tail in fifteen roAvs. Upper 

 labials nine, the fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the orbit, the 



