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strongly compressed, with dorsal row of scales enlarged through- 
out, scales in rows of uneven numbers (19 in type), with apical 
pits; caudals divided. Palate toothed ; solid maxillary teeth few 
(6 in type), subequal, followed, after a short interspace, by a pair 
of moderately sized, almost vertical grooved fangs; mandibular 
teeth subequal. 
Fig. 3. 
Right maxillary of Dipsadoides decipiens. 
DIPSADOIDES DECIPIENS,* sp. nov. 
Head small, flattened, very distinct from neck; snout short, 
obtusely rounded ; eye prominent, nearly as long as snout; nostril 
large, directed backwards, in undivided nostril. Tail slender, 
tapering. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above. In- 
ternasals larger than preefrontals ; frontal longer than broad, as 
long as its distance from snout, slightly shorter than parietals; a 
large preocular and a small postocular ; supraocular very large; 
loreal deeper than long; temporals 2+ 2; eight upper labials, the 
third, fourth and fifth entering the eye; two large subequal chin 
shields, the anterior in contact with four labials, both in contact 
with their neighbours. Body scales narrow, leaf-shaped, slightly 
oblique on neck, strongly imbricate ; in 19 rows; the dorsal row 
enlarged throughout, broader than long. Ventrals rounded at 
the edge, keeled at either side, 258 in number ; anal entire ; caudals 
152. Coloration—dorsal surface and sides pale brown profusely 
spotted and marbled with dark brown and, less profusely, with dull 
yellow ; a large number of irregular dark bars on the dorsal sur- 
face. Ventral surface dull yellow marbled posteriorly with dark 
brown; chin and throat spotted with dark brown. 
Dimensions— 
Total Length a soo GIO) satbai, 
Length of Tail... w. 265 
Habitat. Malay Archipelago, A single specimen. 
This remarkable snake was confused at first sight with some 
specimens of Dipsadomorphus cynodon in the same collection to 
which it bore a close external resemblance. It is one of the many 
interesting species received from the Royal Natural History Society 
of Batavia. 
99 
Bonearvs stnpanvs*, Bler. 
B. sindanus, Boulenger, Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. XI, 1897- 
1898, p. 73, pl. 
