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The only specimen was collected by Mr. S. Kurz in the hills 

 between Prome and Tonghoo, in N. Western Pegu. 



Tropidonotus Himalayanus, (I. K., p. 268). 



The shields of the head are somewhat variable in this species. 

 The normal number of upper labials is 8 ; but sometimes there are 

 9 present on one or on both sides, the 2nd and 3rd labials being 

 replaced by 3 smallers ones. The temporals are 1 -f- 2 or 2 -f 2 

 or 2 + 3, the two latter variations are common in young specimens. 

 In the live snake, the collar is bright orange yellow, the reticu- 

 lations between the scales on the anterior half of the body are 

 yellow, posteriorly passing into dulT white. The lateral pale spots on 

 the upper side are sometimes replaced by transverse narrow white 

 streaks. 



The species is not common in Sikkim, and mostly confined to the 

 lower valleys, rarely going up to or above 5000 feet. 



Teopidonotus junceus, (I. P., p. 268). 



This species occurs in Sikkim mostly in the warmer valleys, at 

 about 3000 feet elevation; rarely near Darjiling at nearly 6000 

 feet ; Mr. Blanford found it in the Tista valley at Thamlung, at about 

 5000 feet. Mr. Kurz collected some specimens in the Pegu Yomah, 

 between Prome and Tonghoo. 



The species rarely attains a larger size than 30 inches. The 

 general coloration is as described by Giinther, but the lower side is 

 during life distinctly yellowish; the lateral black dots on the 

 ventrals are sometimes partially, sometimes altogether, absent, and 

 male specimens often have a red band running at each side of the 

 body along the edges of the ventrals, similar to that seen in Trop. 

 platyceps. 



Tropidonotus subminiatus (I. P., p. 265). PL xxvi, fig. 3. 

 A common species in Pegu, Assam and Sikkim and, although 

 chiefly inhabiting hilly country, it is rarely found above 3000 or 

 4000 feet, but mostly at lower elevations in the warm valleys. 

 Sikkim specimens perfectly agree in their bright coloration with 

 those from Pegu, described by Theobald in vol. x of Linn. Soc. Jour., 



