208 N. Annandale — OoUection of Oriental Snakes, [No. 5, 



This species, known from Burma, Assam and Cochin China, does 

 not appear to have been recorded from Siam. 



2. Typhlops aoutus (D. & B.) 



T. aciitus, W. L. Sclater, J.A.8.B. LX, p. 232 ; and List SnaJces, p. 3. 



One of the Museum attendants lately brought to the Superinten- 

 dent a living specimen of this species from Calcutta. It was formerly- 

 regarded as quite a typical S. Indian form. Possibly the specimen 

 may have been introduced into Calcutta with the earth round the roots 

 of plants ; but this does not seem probable. Sclater records the species 

 from other parts of Bengal as well as Calcutta. 



UROPELTID^. 



(3) Silyhura Tnyliendrde Bedd.* (4). 8. mathirensis* Bedd, and 

 (5) MelanopJiidium pundatum^ Bedd., all from S. India, have been 

 added to the collection. 



COLUBRID^. 



6. Xylophis stenorhynchus* (Grthr.) 



7. Teachischium fuscum (Blyth) 



Several specimens have been found in a large collection of Assamese 

 snakes sent by the Government of Assam to the Museum in 1891. 



8. Lycodon striatus (Shaw) 



One specimen, obtained by Col. McMahon on the Perso-Baluch 



frontier. 



9. CoNTiA ANGUSTiCEPS.* Blgr. (Plate IX, fig. 1.) 



Five specimens from Malakand, from Col. McMahon. 



This species was described by Boulenger (Gat. SnaJces ii, p. 262) 

 after the publication of his volume in the *' Fauna of India " series. 

 The type, which was from Baluchistan, appears to have been lost, I 

 think that the author of the species has examined at any rate some of 

 the specimens collected "in Malakand. 



10. Lytorhynchus ridge wayi* Blgr. 



L. ridgewayi, Ale. and Finn, J.A.S.B. LXV (2). 1896, p. 562. 



11. Lytorhynchus maynardi* Ale. and Finn. 



L. maynardi. Ale and Imn, loc. cit. 



12. Zamenis diadema (Schleg.) 

 Two specimens, sent by Col. McMahon from the Perso-Baluch 



