248 COLTJBEID^. 



h-i. Hgr. S (V. 168 ; Satambendrana, M. Majastre [C.]. 



C. 96) & 5 (V. 160 ; 0. Madagascar. 



0. 01). 

 k-m. S (V. 147, 148 ; Imerina. Bev. R. Baron [0.]. 



0. 75, 73) & ? 



(V. 151 ; 0. ?). 



51. Tropidonotus lateralis. 



Leptophis lateralis, part., Bum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 544 (1854). 

 Dromioiis melanotus, var. ?, Gunth. Cat. p. 133 (1858). 

 ThamnosopHs lateralis, part., Jan, Elenco, p. 82 (1863). 

 Dromicus madagascariensis, Giinth. Ann. Sr Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, 



p. 22. 

 Alisetulla lateralis, Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xi. 1877, p. 33. 

 Philothamnus lateralis, Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 526. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but eye not quite so large and 

 frontal longer, once and two thirds to twice as long as broad; 

 temporals 2+2, rarely 1+2. Dark brown or blackish above, with 

 a white lateral stripe extending to the end of the tail ; upper lip and 

 lower parts white, with a black dot at the outer end of each ventral 

 shield ; belly rarely speckled with black. 



Total leng-th 570 millim. ; tail 165. 



Madagascar. 



a, b. S (V. 158 ; 0; 93) & ? Madagascar. (Types of D. tnada- 



(V. 168 ; 0. ?). gascariensu.) 



c, d. S (V. 165 ; C. ?) & $ Madagascar. Rev. K. Baron [C.]. 



(V. 151 ; C. 78). 



e-f. J (V. 156 ; C. ?) & $ East Imerina. Rev. R. Baron [C.]. 



(V. 162 ; C. F). 



^. c? (V. 149; 0.91). F Zoological Society. 



52. Tropidonotus platyceps. 



Tropidonotus platyceps, Blyth, Journ. As. Soo. Bang, xxiii. 1854, 



p. 297 ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 162, atid Sept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 264, pi. xxii. fig. D (1864) ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soo. Beng. 



xxxix. 1870, p. 191 ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 176 ; Theob. 



Cat. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 174 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 



p. 343 (1890). 

 Herpetoreas sieboldii, Giinth. II. cc. pp. 156, 257 ; Theob. Cat. Bept. 



As. Soc. Mus. p. 54 (1868), and Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 172 (1876). 

 Zameais himalayanus, Steind. Sitzb. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvii. 1867, 



p. 513, pi. xiii. iig. 1. 



Eye moderate. Eostral broader than deep, jusb visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as broad or a little broader, shorter than 

 the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half to twice as long as broad, 

 longer than' its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prseocular (sometimes 

 divided); two or three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1, or 1 + 2, or 

 2 + 2 ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 

 four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are much shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, 



