410 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [November, 1913. 
typical form have been discovered sparingly in different parts 
of the Malay Peninsula, in which the species (except in caves) 
is apparently much scarcer than it is in other parts of its 
range. This is wide, extending from Malaya into Burma and 
the neighbouring countries, the Eastern Himalayas and North- 
ern China. No very young individual has yet been found in 
caves, but the smallest yet obtained in them—it was captured 
s 
may be stated with some confidence that Coluber taeniu- 
however, enter the caves: these find a plentiful food-supply in 
the bats and so grow to their full size without emerging. This 
phases (pl. XXII). 
The lizard Gymnodactylus pulchellus is a species occasion: 
ally found on tree-trunks in the jungle far from caves. It 
Tenasserim, it has not yet been found in any Burmese cave. 
‘ 8 e other lizard on our list (Lygosoma scotophilum), al- 
t ne Be it was originally captured in the inner parts of one 0 
u Cav 
: €8, has no striking peculiarity of colouration and 
has since been taken in the junge 
