306 



COLTJBEID^. 



Bracliyorrhos jobiensis, Peters ^ Doria, I. c. p. 385. 

 Atractoeephalus raft'rayi, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 1879, 



p. 62. 

 Oxyorrlios fusiformis, Fischer, Verh. nat. Ver. Hamb. (2) iii. 1879, 



p. 89, pi. ii. 

 Brachyorrlios albus, var. conjunotus, Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1880, 



p. 226. 



Snout obtusely acuminate ; rostral as deep as broad, just visible 

 from above ; internasals as long as or a little longer than the suture 

 between the prsefrontals ; the internasals are fused to a single shield 

 in some specimens from New Guinea ; frontal longer than broad, 

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

 parietals, twice to twice and a half as broad as the supraocular ; 

 prseocular distinct or fused with the prefrontal ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 2 or 2+3 ; six or seven upper labials, third or fourth 

 or third and fourth entering the eye ; a single pair of chin-shields, 

 in contact with four labials. Scales in 17 or 19 rows. Yentrals 

 160-182 ; anal divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 20-46. Adult 

 uniform brown above, yellowish inferiorly ; young with an inter- 

 rupted yellow band across the occiput and a brown streak or series 

 of brown spots along the middle of the belly and tail. 



Total length 190 millim. ; tail 65. 



Java, Timor, Moluccas, New Guinea. 



a. cJ (Sc. 19 ; V. 170 ; 0. 36 ; a Timor, 

 praeocular; 4th labial enterino; 



the eye ; a single temporal in 

 contact with the postoculars). 



b. c? (So. 19 ; V. 177 ; 0. 36 ; no Ternate. 

 prseocular ; 8rd labial entering 



the eye ; two temporals in con- 

 tact with the postoculars). 



c. $ (So. 19; V.182; C.27; no Ternate. 

 prseocular ; 3rd labial entering 



the eye ; two temporals in con- 

 tact with the postoculars). 



d. Yg. (So. 19; V. 178; 0. 27; Amboyna. 

 no prseocular ; 3rd and 4th 



labials entering the eye ; two 

 temporals in contact with the 

 postoculars). 



Leyden Museum. 



H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



H.M.S. 'Challenger.' 



Dr. Bleeker. (Type 

 of Rhabdion gas- 

 trotania.') 



30. ELAPOIDES. 



Elapoides, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 519 ; Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 194 (1830) ; 



Bum. 8r Bibr. Erp. Qin. vii. p. 122 (1854) ; Oiinth. Cat. Col. Sn. 



p. 15 (1868). 

 Oalamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 

 Elapoides, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 20. 



Maxillary bono very short, not extending anteriorly beyond the 

 palatine, with about 20 small and closely set equal teeth ; mandi- 



