REPTILES OE BRITISH BIRMA. G3 



Tenasserliu, it must be extremely rare, tliougli Berdmore has sent 

 it from Mergui (J. A. S. xxii. p. 411), and Dr. Fayron from Eau- 

 goon (J. A. S. xxii. p. 593). 



B. PLAYiCEPS, Eeinliardt. 



I have obtained this fine species ia Tenasserim, but it does not 

 occur in Pegu. 



Suborder III. Serpentes viperini. 



Family CEOTALIDtE. 



Trimesurus, Gray. 



T. OARiNATUs, G-ray. 



Scales in twenty rows. " Mwe jouh^^ or " Mwe zeti" of the 

 Binncso, 



a. Adult female. Body .... 27-00 



Tail .... 5-50=32-50. 



Colour uniform apple-green, darker on the head and neck. 

 Tail stained yellowish rusty. Beneath pale greenish yellow. 

 Throat whitish, yellow-edged. Lips greenish-yellow. A strongly 

 defined white stripe through the abdominal row of scales. Pupil 

 black ; iris yellowish. Skin deep blackish brown. 



This specimen was captured in the Delta, in December, and 

 contained thirteen eggs. 



h. Adult female. Body .... 2900 



Tail .... 4-75 =33-75. 



Similar to the last, l)ut without the side-stripe. Captured in 

 February in Lower Pegu, and contained twelve eggs. I narrowly 

 escaped being bitten by this snake as I was taking a stroll after dusk 

 near my tent, in my slippers. My attention was first attracted 

 by a rustling among the leaves, which I thought was a lizard ; 

 but as the sound continued, I looked more closely, and then per- 

 ceived that it was caused by a snake, which was balancing itself 

 in a threatening manner close in front of me, and vibrating its 

 tail, as an angry cat might, before springing. It was too dark to 

 distinguish what snake it was ; and, thinking it was some harmless 

 snake, I placed my foot on it and secured it, little dreaming of the 

 hazard I was running, as tlie poison-fangs were five-eighths of an 

 inch long, and would have penetrated any boot, much more a thin 



