356 OLTJBEID^. 



8. Lycodon eflrenis. 



Lycodon effrsenis, Cantor, Cat. Mai. liept. p. 70, pi. xl. fig 2 (1847). 

 Tetragonosoma efirene, Giinth. Cat. p. 263 (1858), and liept. Brit. 



Ind. p. 320, pi. xxiv. fig. K (1864) ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



xxxix. 1870, p. 203, pi. xi. fig. 3 ; Steindachn. 8it:ib. Ak. Wien, c. 



1891, p. 289, pi. ii. fig. 2. 

 Lycodon ophiteoides, Bleek. Nat. TijdscTir. Nederl. Ind. xvi. 1859, 



p. 436. 

 adspersus, Jan, Elenco, p. 97 (1863). 



Snout muct depressed, subspatiilate ; eye moderate. Eostral 

 twice as broad as deep, just visible from above ; internasals half as 

 long as the prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two 

 thirds as long as broad, as long as or a little longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; no 

 loreal, prsefrontal in contact with the second and third labials ; a 

 prsaocular, not reaching the frontal ; two or three postoculars ; 

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

 entering the ej'e ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Body slender. 

 Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 215-228, angulate laterally ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 75-98 pairs. Brown above and below, 

 with a few distant yellowish-white rings, some or all of which may 

 become obsolete in the adult ; young with a yellowish streak on 

 each side of the top of the head. 



Total length 700 millim. ; tail 170. 



Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra. 



a. Yg. (V. 228 ; 0. 83). Great Hill of Pinang. Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 



b. S (V. 215 ; 0. 98). Sinkawang, Borneo. Dr. Bleeker. (Type 



of L. ophiteoides.) 



c. Yg. (V. 217 ; 0. 98). Deli, Sumatra. Prof Moesch [0.]. 



9. Lycodon atropurpureus. 



Lycodon atropurpureus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 50 ; Bouleng. 



Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 294 (1890), and Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (6) vii. 



1891, p. 462. 



subfuscus. Cantor, I. e. 



Tetragonosoma atropurpureum, GiintJi. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 321 



(1864J. 



Snout much depressed, with swollen lips, subspatulate ; eye 

 moderate. Eostral twice as broad as deep, scarcely visible from 

 above ; internasals as long as broad, half as long as the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; no loreal, 

 prsefrontal in contact with the second and third labials ; one prffi- 

 ocular, not in contact with the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 small, scale-like, 3+4 ; nine upper labials, fourth and fifth entering 

 the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

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



