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COLUBRIDJE. 



1. Micropistiodon flaviceps. 



Araphiesma flaviceps, Hum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 738 (185 1) ; Jan, Arch. 



Zoul. Anat. Fhys. iii. 18t).j, p. 2y-j, and Icon. Oen. 29, pi. iii. fig. 1 



(1868). 

 Tropidonotus leuconielas, Gilnth. Jtept. Brit. Ind. p. 271, pi. xxii. 



tig. I (1864), and Zool. liec. 1868, p. 124; F. Mull. Verh. nat. Ges. 



Basel, vii. 1882, p. 148. 

 Amphiesma raiotorqn&tiim, JEdelinff, A'ederl. Tijdschr. Vierh.n. 1864, 



p. 204. 

 Tropidonotus flaviceps, Oi'mth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 590 ; Fischer, 



Arch.f. l\at. 1885, p. 53. 



Maxillarjf teeth 18 to 20 + 2, Eostral twice as 'broad as deep, 

 just visible from above ; internasals as long as broad, or longer, 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, as 

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

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep, or deeper; one 

 priEocular ; three or four (rarely two) postoculars ; temporals 2 4-2 

 or 2 + 3; eight (rarely seven) upper labials, fonrth and fifth (or 

 third and fourth) entering the eye ; five or six lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields longer 

 than the anterior. Scales very strongly keeled, in 19 rows. Ventrals 

 120-138 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 49-60. Body black, young 

 ■with greyish-white or pale olive cross bars, widening towards the 

 sides, and of wdroh at least traces persist in the adult; abroad 

 orange band across the nape, sometimes disappearing in the adult, 

 separated from the head, which is yellowish brown or olive, by a- 

 broad black band ; belly olive, with black cross bands, or entirely 

 black. 



Total length 840 millim. ; tail 190. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Eorneo. 



a-h. <5 (V. 128; C. 60) & Perak. L. Wray, Esq. [P.]. 



$ (V. 133; 0. 60). 

 c. Yg. (V. 12D ; 0. 61). Pinang {?). Gpn. Hardwicke [P.]. 



( Tvpe Lf T. leuci/melas.) 

 d-e. 5 (V. 135; C. 54) & District of Deli, Mr.lversen [C.]. 



Yg. (V. 1-33; C. 49). W. Sumatra. 



f-i. d (V. 124, 124; 0. 64, Borueo. L. L. Dillwyn, Esq. [P.]. 



5.3), 2 (V.130; C.52), 



& Yg. (V. 120; 0.53). 

 7v-H).' cJ (V. 133 ; C. 56), S.E. Borneo. 



S (V. 130: 0. 49), & 



Yg. (V. 121; 0.58). 

 n.'\g. (V. 124; 0. 59). ? Dr. Bleeker. 



2. Macropisthodon rhodomelas. 



Tropidonotus rhodomelas, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 535 ; Schleg. Pki/s. 



Serp. ii. p. 310, pi. xii. figs. 10 & 11 (1837) ; Blcmf. Proc. Zool. 



&r. 18S1, p. 221. 

 Amphiesma rhodomelas, Dmn. ^ Bihr. vii. p. 7S7 (1854) ; Oirard, 



U.S. Exjilor, Exped , Ilerp. p. 165 (1853); Jan, Arch. Zool. 



