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COLUiiEID^. 



anal divided ; subcaudals 59-79. Eeddish brown or olive above, 

 with a more or less marked blaokish. or dark olive vertebral stripe, 

 and small blackisb spots ; an oblique yellow dark-edged band on 

 each side of the nape, the two converging posteriorly ; upper labials 

 yellow, with black sutures ; lower parts yellow, with a lateral series 

 of brown dots or short lines. 



Total length 440 millim. ; tail IGO. 



Mantohuria, Japan, Formosa. 



a-b. cJ (V. 150, 151 ; C. ChaboroAvka, on Hr. Dorries [C.]. 



m, fiO). the Uasuri. 



c-d. Yg. (V. 137, 137>; C. Japan. A. Adams, Esq. [C.]. 



6:2, 66).. 



e-f. cS (V. 148 ; 0. 74) Japan. Leyden Museum. 



& 9 (V.144; 0.79). 



A. J (V. 148; 0. ?). Japan. Dr. Sleeker. 



I. 2 (V.144; C. 68). Yokohama. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



k. Yg. (V. 145; 0. 78). Kobe. H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



I. 2 {V. 127 ; C. 78). Formosa. K. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



20. Tropidonotus conspicillatus. 



Tropidonotus conspicillatus, Oiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 596, 

 fig. ; Boetty. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1892, p. 100. 



Eye moderate. Nostril in an entire or semidividcd nasal ; rostral 

 twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from above ; internasals as 

 long as broad or a little longer, broadlj' truncate in front, nearly as 

 long as the prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two 

 thirds as long as broad, a little longer than its distance from the end 

 of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal deeper than long; 

 one prse- and three postoculars; temporals l-|-2 (or 1 + 3); eight 

 upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, all keeled (or outer row 

 smooth). Ventrals 138-147 ; anal divided ; suboaudals 40-53. 

 Brown or reddish above, with a dark network and two longitudinal 

 series of yellowish spots or cross-lines ; a yellow, black-edged streak 

 along the upper lip, and another from the eye to the angle of the 

 mouth ; nape blackish, with two interrupted yellow transverse 

 streaks ; yellowish below, uniform or speckled with brown. 



Total length 400 millim. ; tail 75. 



Borneo, Sumatra*. 



a-b. cJ (V. 142 ; C. 49) Matang. 



& 2 (V. 140; 0.49). 1- (Types.) 



c. Hgr. (V. 142 ; C. ?). Borneo. L. L. Dillwvn, Esq. [P.l. 



d. 2 (V. 147 ; 0. 53). Mt.Dulit, C. Ho^e, Es"q. [O.J. 



Borneo. 



* I lia-re examined a specimen from Siiikep Isd., preserved in the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. 



