598 



GRIFFIN. 



by fourteen dark bars^ each enclosing a white spot in its ventral ends, 

 and sometimes other spots in the dorsal portion. Older specimens show 

 only the lateral parts of the anterior three to six bands; in these the 

 white centers are faint, while the black color extends well down on the 

 sides of the ventral scales. The head of E. pMlippina is slightly narj'ower 

 than that of E. erythruras, a.nd the end of the snout a little n\ore oblique. 



Measurements of two adults of each species are as follows : 



From tip of the snout to the posterior end of the parietal suture, E. 

 enjtlirwas, 26 millimeters, 24 millimeters; E. philippina. 2G millimeters, 

 23 millimeters. 



Across the widest part of the head, E. eryihrurus, 20 millimeters, 17^ 

 millimeters; E. philippina. 17 millimeters, 15 millimeters. 



This shows the head of E. erythrura to be a little more than one-sixth 

 ■«rider than that of E. philippina. 



No. 



Sex. 



Collector. 



I When [Scale 

 collected, -rows. 



Anal.s 



i Veil- 



Sub 



i ^"l'- Total Leiiglli 

 trals.l^^j'g length, of tail. , 



14 



5 



IB 



? 



16 



d 



17 



9 



18 



9 



Iwahi^, Palawan^ 



do 



do 



do 



do 



C. W. Weber.. Feb., 190S- 21 

 do do— j 21 



do ! do... 



do ,- .'. do 



W, Schnltze-_iMar.,1909- 



21 

 21 

 21 



mm. mm. 



1 j 233 I 106 j 1,'120 320 



1 I 238 I 105 1,340 : 304 



1 219 110 460 So 



1 23U 94 1,420 : 307 



1 j 227 i 111 465 I 107 



Boulenger ^ gives the numljer of ventrals of E. erythruras as 211-233, 

 of subcaudals as 86-100. It will be noticed that both the ventrals and 

 subcaudals are more numerous in E. philippina. 



Dendrophis pictus Gmel.*tt 



Found throughout the Philippines, and also in India, Indo-China, the 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Dendrelaphis caudolineatus Gray.*tt 



Found in Palawan, Balabac, southern India, the Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. 



Oligodon iwahigensis n. sp.f 



Maxillary teeth six; two teeth on each palatine. Nasal divided; por- 

 tion of rostral seen from above much shorter than its distance from the 

 frontal ; suture between the internasals slightly sliorter than that between 

 the prffif rontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, a little shorter than the parietals; loreal very small, longer than 

 deep; one prae- and two post-oculars; temporals 1+2; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; labials in contact with the 



' Loc. cit. 



