354 COLUBElDiE. 



X. $ (V. 200; 0.73). Kangra, Himalayas. Messrs. v. Schlagin- 



tweit [C.]. 



;u. Hgr. (V. 184 0.62). Sandoway, Aracan Major Bingham [P.]. 



Ooast. 



y_^. ^ (V. 183, 184 ; 0. Toungoo. E. W. Gates, Esq. 



65, 69). [P.]. 



u. c?,(V. 188; 0. 68). Tenasserim Ooast. Dr. Packman [P.]. 



TT-p. Yg. (V. 187, 195 ; 0. Siam. li. H. Newman, Esq. 



67, 66). [P.]. 



0-. $ (V. 201 ; 0. 70). Oamboja. M. Mouhot [0.]. 



T. 5 (V. 207; 0. ?). Pinang. Dr. Oantor. 



.;, (b. 2 (V. 205 ; 0. 66) & Java. J. Bowring, Esq. 



yg.(V. 196; 0.71). [P.]. 



X. cS (V. 197 ; 0. 71). . Java. G, Lyon, Esq. [P.]. 



il^, CO, ao. c? (V. 192 ; 0. 66), Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. 



2 (V.199; C.77),&yg. [C.]. 

 (V. 201; 0.74). 



bb. $ (V. 209 ; 0. 70). Luzon. Dr. A. B. Meyer 



cc-dd. $ (V. 198 ; 0. 63) Butuan, Mindanao. A. Everett, Esq. 



& yg. (V. 183 ; 0. 68). [0.]. 



ee. 2 (V. 224: 0.76). Port Louis, Mauritius. L. Bouton, Esq. [P.l. 



j7, ,W- c5' (V. 199, 198; 0. Bourbon. L. Bouton, Esq. [P.J. 



75, ?). 



hh. Skull. Java. 



E. Each upper labial with a brown spot ; no collar ; no light spots 

 or lines. {L. unicolor, Boie.) 



a. Yg. (V. 205; 0.67). Madras. J. E. Boileau, Esq. 



[P-] 



6. Lycodon laoensis. (Plate XXIV. fig. 2.) 

 Lycodon laoensis, Gunth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 317 (1864). 



Snout much depressed but not spatulate ; eye rather small. 

 Eostral much broader than, deep, just visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal once and one third 

 to once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from 

 the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate, 

 separated from or but just touching the internasals ; one praeocular, in 

 contact with the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals small, 2 + 3 ; 

 nine upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; 

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

 which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 179-185, obtusely angulate laterally ; anal divided ; 

 subcaudals 68-73 pairs. Dark brown above, with a whitish cross 

 band on the occiput and others on the back which bifurcate on 

 the sides ; lower parts white. 



Total length 470 millim. ; tail 100. 



Siam. 



a, b. S (V. 179 ; 0. 68) & Lao Mountains. M. Mouhot [0.1. I 



2 (V. 185; 0.68). MTypes.) 



c. 2 (V. 183; 0.73). Siam. 1 



