4. PYiHox. 87 



oculars ; a series of subooulars separating the eye from the labials ; 

 thirteen, to fifteen upper labials, two anterior deeply pitted ; four or 

 five of the posterior lower labials feebly pitted. Scales in 81 to 93 

 rows. Ventrals 269-286 ; anal entire or divided ; subcaudals 

 63-77. Pale brown above, with dark brown, black-edged, more or 

 less sinuous cross bars, which are usually connected by a continuous 

 or interrupted sinuous dark stripe running along each side of the 

 back ; sides with large spots, and finely dotted with black ; a large 

 triangular dark brown blotch occupies the top of the head, bordered 

 on each side by a light stripe beginning at the end of the snout, 

 above the nostril, and passing above the eye ; a dark stripe on each 

 side of the head and a dark subtriangular blotch below the eye ; 

 upper surface of tail with a light stripe between two black ones ; 

 belly spotted and dotted with dark brown. 



Total length 4100 millim. ; tail 460. Said to grow to 7 metres 

 (23 feet). , 



Tropical and South Africa. 



a. Ad. (Sc. 91 ; V. 273 ; Gambia. Lord Derby [P.]. 

 C. 64). 



b. Yg. (Sc. 93 ; V. 276; Gold Coast. Mr. Eich[C.l. 

 C. 76). 



C-. Yg. (Sc. 85 ; V. 270 ; Ashantee. Leyden Mus. 



0. 63). 



d. Yg. (Sc. 85 ; V. 275 ; Fantee. 



C. 67). 



e Ad., head only. South of Chartoum. Consul Petherick [C.]. 



/. Ad., stfid. Port Natal. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



a. Hgr. (Sc. 89 ; V. 269 ; ? J. Melrose, Est. [P.]. 



C. 72). 



h. Hgr. (Sc. 91 ; V. 280 ; ? Zoolog. Society. 



0. 66). 



i Ad., skel. W. Africa. Zoolog. Society. 



k. Ad., skull. S. Africa. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 



I. Hgr., skull. Senegal. 



—V- 6. Python molurus. 



JRussell, Ind. Serp. i. pis. xxii.-xxiv. & xxxix. (1796). 

 Coluber molurus, Zinn. S. N. i. p. 387 (1766). 

 Boa ordinata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 260 (1801), and Benkschr. 

 Ak. MUneh. vii. 1821, p. 122. 



cinerea, Schneid. II. cc. pp. 270, 121. 



castanea, Schneid. U. cc. pp. 272, 121. 



■ albicans, Schneid. II. cc. pp. 274, 121. 



orbiculata, Schneid. II. cc. pp. 276, 122. 



Python bora, Baud. Rept. v. p. 236 (1803). 



tigris, Baud. t. c. p. 241, pi. Ixiv. 



ordinatus. Baud. t. c. p. 253. 



bivittatus, part., Schkg. Fhys. Serp. iii. p. 403, pi. xv. figs. 1^ 



ri837"i 



molurus, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 44 (1842) ; Bum. Sf Bibr. vi. 



p. 417 (1844) ; Gi-ay, Cat. p. 88 (1849) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 

 p.' 331 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. p. 96, 1. 8, pi. ii. (1864) ; Stoliczka, 



