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frontal 1^ times as long as broad, longer than its distance to the 

 end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long 

 as high ; one prse- and two post-oculars : no subocular ; temporals 

 1 4- 2 ; 8 supralabials, 4th and 5th touching the eye ; 6 infra- 

 labials, 4th very large ; 4 infralabials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior ; posterior chin- 

 shields in contact anteriorly. Scales in 15 rows throughout, 

 entirely smooth ; ventrals, rounded, 168 ; anals 2 ; subcaudals 

 103 pairs. 



Olive-greenish above, with indistinct, narrow, pale, dark-edged 

 cross-bars on the posterior part of the body and tail. Below 

 yellowish, speckled with grey on the posterior two-thirds; a dark 

 median streak between the subcaudals. 



Total length 1000 mm., tail 290. 



AJlied to Z. korros Schleg. 



A single male specimen collected at Dran (1000 metres) by 

 Mr. Bod en Kloss in May 1917. Author's number, 2153. 



Tropidonotus johannis Blgr. 



Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) ii. 244, Sept. 1908. 



Ten examples from the Plateau differ from typical johannis 

 only in the supralabial shields. Two of them have 8 on one side, 

 9 on the other ; all the rest have 9. From T. modestus Giinther, 

 which it resembles very closely, it differs in the fewer caudal 

 shields and in the colouration of the belly. 



Variation in my series :— Scales 19-17, ventrals 149-159, 

 caudals 83-98. Five out of the ten specimens have the tail more 

 or less docked. Largest : total length 640 mm., tail 185 ( d 1 ). 



Colour. Brown above, with small black spots, and a series of 

 small yellow ones also present in most. Labials with black 

 sutures, and a yellow streak from the last labial to meet its fellow 

 on the nape. Belly yellowish white, with a black spot at the 

 outer side of each ventral. 



Coluber oxycephalus Boie. 



Bouleng., Rept, Malay Pen. p. 143 (1912). 



1 ex. from Daban. Scales 23, 23, 15. V. 245. 0. 130. 

 Total length 1880 mm., tail 480. Green above, yellowish below, 

 tail pale reddish-buff (in spirits). 



Dendrelaphis subocularis Blgr. 

 Cat. Sn. B, M. ii. p. 89 (1894). 

 1 ex., Dran. Scales 15, 15, 11. V. 165. C. 98. 8 supra- 

 labials. 



Calamaria pavimentata D. & B. 

 Cat. Sn. B. M. ii. p. 348 (1894). 

 Var. uniformis, nov. 

 Differs from the present known forms in its distinctive 

 colouration. 



