2ci8 COLTJBEIDiE. 



d. Yg. (V. 148 ; C. ?). Philippines. Hr. Salmin [C.j. 



t. $ (V. 150; C. 85). Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer 



[C.]. 



B. Belly without dots. 



/. $ (V. 154; C. P). Puerto Priucesa. A. Everett, Esq. 



[0.]. 



63. Tropidonotus chrysargus. 



Tropidonotus chrysargus, SeMeg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 312, pi. xii. 



figs. 6 & 7 (1837); Gimth. Cat p. 70 (1858); Fischer, Arch. f. 



Nat. 1885, p. 57, pi. iv. tig. 2 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Kept. p. 345 



(1890). 

 junceus, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 93 (1847) ; Blyth, Journ. 



As. Soc. Benff. xxiv. 1855, p. 716; Gimth. Bept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 268, pi. xxii. fig. F (1864) ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 



1871, p. 434. 

 Leptopliis albomaculatus, Dwm. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 541 (1854). 

 Amphiesma clirysargum, part., Dum. if Bibr. t. c. p. 739. 

 Tropidonotus dipsas, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxiii. 1854, 



p. 297. 

 ? Tropidonotus zebrinus, Blyth, I. c. p. 297. 

 Amphiesma chrysargum, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1866, 



p. 234. 



platyceps, Jan, Icon. Gdii. 29, pi. ii. iig. 1 (1868). 



Tropidonotus maculatus, lar. toiquatus, Mocquard, Nouv. Arch. 



Mus. (3) ii. 1890, p. 139. 



Eye large. Eostral just visible from above ; internasals as long 

 as broad or a little longer, nearly as long as the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 OQce and two thirds to once and three fourths as long as broad, 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal nearly as deep as long ; one or two prseoculars ; 

 three postoeulars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2 + 3; nine or eight upper 

 labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth, or third, fourth; and fifth, entering 

 the eye ; five or six lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

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

 all strongly keeled. Ventrals 143-175 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 60-93. Brownish or olive-green above, usually with a series of 

 yellow spots or short transverse bars along each side of the back ; 

 young with black spots and cross bars, which become indistinct 

 with age ; upper lip white, with the sutures between the labials 

 black, the white colour extending as a more or less distinct angular 

 or crescentic band on the nape ; belly yellowish, with or without 

 blackish dots, and with a more or less distinct series of small black 

 spots along each side ; specimen i has the ventrals olive, edged with 

 yellowish and three dark lines run along the belly. 



Total length 680 millim. ; tail 190. 



From the Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, and Southern 

 China to the Malay Peninsula. Sumatra, Borneo, and Jai'a. 



a. $ (V. 1G8; C. r-)- Nepal. B. IT. Tlodg.son, Esq. 



