260 



a-b. $ (V. 135: C. 80) & 

 yg. (V. 134 ; C. 90). 



c^d. ? (V. 140, 138; G. 

 92, 90). 



e. Hgr., bad state. 



f. d (V. 137; 0.82). 



65. Tropidonotus maculatus. 



Tropidonotus maculatus, Edelinq, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierh. ii. 1864, 



p. 208 : Gimth. Zool. Rec. 1872, p. 74. 

 Amphiesma substolatum, Jan, Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, 



p. 233, and Icon. Gen. 29, pi. i. fig. 1 QSfiS). 

 Tropidonotus sundanensis, Gunth. Ann. §• Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, 



p. 95, pi. ii. fig. D. 

 sarawaceusis (non Gilnth.'), Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1885, p. 54. 



Porm slender. Eye very large. Rostral broader than deep, 

 scarcely visible from above ; internasals as broad as long, trapezoid, 

 as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as 

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

 the parietals ; loreal as deep as long, or deeper ; one prae- and three 

 postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3; nine upper labials, fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 19 rows, all strongly keeled. Vontrals 144-156 ; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 95-113. Olive above, vrith four longitudinal series of 

 small square black spots and two of yellowish ones ; upper labials 

 yellowish with black sutures ; lower parts yellowish, the shields 

 edged with black. 



Total length 810 millim. ; tail 270. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



a. Yg. (V. 146 ; C. 113). Malacca. D. F. A. Harvey, 



Esq. [P.]. 



b. 2 (V. 145 ; 0. 95). Siboga, Sumatra. Dr. Bleeker. 



(Type of T. sundanensis.) 



c. Yg. (V. 146 ; C. 108). Mt. Dulit, Borneo. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 



66. Tropidonotus chrysargoides. (Piatb XVI. fig. 1.) 



Amphiesma chrysargum, part., Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 739 (18S4). 

 Tropidonotus chrvsargoides, Gunth. Cat. p. 71 (1858) ; Fischer, 



Arch.f. Nat. 1^82, p. 284. 

 Ampbiesma chrysargoides, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, 



p. 236. 



Eye rather large. Eostral broader than deep, scaroely visible 

 from above ; internasals longer than broad, broadly truncate in 

 front, as long as the pra3frontals ; frontal once and a half as long as 

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

 the snout, a little shorter than the parietals; loreal as long as deep 

 or a little deeper; one pros- and three postoculars; temporals 



