94 CAPT. F, WALL ON THE [Feb. 3, 
60. HypstrHINA PLUMBEA. Burma, Indo-China, Malay Penin- 
sula and Archipelago, 8. China, Hainan, Hongkong, Formosa.—I 
saw two specimens in the City Hall Museum, one labelled China 
and one Hongkong, and I obtained four myself on the mainland 
opposite Hongkong. All my specimens were caught in or about 
a sluggish stream near our camp at Kowloon. Frontal: length 
greater than distance to end of snout in six specimens. Anterior 
chin-shields in contact with six infralabials in two specimens on 
one side. I noticed that in some specimens the lateral scales 
about the anal region had minute central tubercles, reminding 
one of the condition in Aspidura copti and A. trachyprocta. 
61. HyrsrrHINA ENHYDRIS. India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam, 
Cochin China, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Celebes, 8. China, 
Hongkong. 
62. HypsIrHINA BENNETTI. China, Hainan (Herz). 
63. Hyrstrina CHINENsIsS. Siam, China, Hainan, Hongkong 
(Steindachner ’). 
64, Homatopsis BuccATA. Bengal ?, Burma, Indo-China, Malay 
Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Hongkong (Hallow. & City 
Hall Mus.),—I\ examined the specimen in the City Hall Museum 
which is labelled Hongkong. 
65. DrpsADOMORPHUS KRAEPELINI: Boiga kraepelini Stejneger 
(Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 1901, xv. p. 15). Formosa,—TI found one 
old specimen in the City Hall Museum labelled Formosa. This 
specimen almost exactly accords with Stejneger’s description, the 
only points of difference being :—Temporals are six on one side. 
Labials ten on one side. Anterior chin-shields in contact with 
five lower labials on both sides: Ventrals 244. Subcaudals 140, 
66. DrrpsADOMORPHUS MULTIMACULATUS. Burma, Indo-China, 
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, 8. China, Hongkong.— 
A common snake in the south of China. I obtained six from 
Hongkong Island, one from Stonecutter’s Island in that harbour, 
and one from the mainland opposite Hongkong. There are 
several specimens in the City Hall Museum, and I saw others in 
spirit and in captivity belonging to Mr. Armstrong. 
67. PSAMMODYNASTES PULVERULENTUS. EH. Himalayas, Khasi 
and Assam Hills, Burma, Indo-China, Malay Penimsula and 
Archipelago, Formosa. 
68. CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA. Ceylon, Hills of 8. India, Bengal, 
Assam, Burma, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, 
S. China, Hongkong?*—I found one specimen in the Siccawei 
1 Reise der Novara, Rept., Wien, 1869, p. 68. en 
2 The specimen referred to by Boettger (Mat. herp. Fauna von China, p. 142) 
is no longer in the City Hall Musewn. 
