360 COLtTBBIB^. 



black above, brown or yellowish brown below, wifcb a white 

 occipital blotch and widely-separated rings on the body and tail ; 

 these markings become less distinct or entirely disappear in the 

 adult. 



Total length 1000 millim. ; tail 180. 



Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines. 



a. 2 (V. 220; C. 71). Piuang. Dr. Cantor. 



J. (? (V. 220; C. 70). Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.]. 



c. 5 (V. 226; C. 77). Singapore. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Yg. (V. 220 ; C. 78). DeU, Sumatra. Prof. Moesch [0.]. 



e. $ (V. 219 ; C. 79). Pajo, Sumatra. Hr. C. Bock [0.]. 



f. g~h. d (V. 215 ; 0. Nias. Hr. Sundermann [0.] 

 .80) & yg. (V. 209, 



214; 0.81, 83). 



i. cj (V. 216 ; 0. ?). Java. A. Scott, Esq. [P.]. 



h. Yg. (V. 209; 0. 67). Salak, Java. R. Kirkpatrick, Esq. [P.]. 



/. Yg. (V. 198; 0. 61). Mindanao. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 



Htjeeiah SANGT7IVENTEE, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52, is 

 probably a Lycodon. 



" Claret-purple above, with metallic lustre ; blood-coloured be- 

 neath. Ventrals 207 ; subcaudals 99, the 14 anterior of which 

 are entire." (See Giinther, Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 222, fig.) 



Valley of Nepal. 



49. DINODON. 



DinodoD, Bum. Sr Bibr. Mim. Ac. So. xxiii. 1853, p. 463, and Erp 

 Gen. vii. p. 447 (1854) ; Feters, Sitzh. Oes. naturf. Frennde, 1881, 

 p. 90. 



Lycodon, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 201 (1868), and Rept. Brit. 

 Ind. p. 315 (1864) ; Jan, Elenco sist. OJtd. p. 97 (1863). 



Eumesodon, Cope, Proc. Ac. Bhilad. 1860, p. 262. 



Lepidocephalus, Hallow. Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 498. 



? Proterodon, Halloio. I. c. 



Maxillary teeth 6-f 2 or 3 + 2 or 3, the anterior gradually in- 

 creasing in size, the middle ones small, the last large, the three 

 groups separated by distinct interspaces; anterior mandibular teeth 

 enlarged. Head slightly distinct from neck ; eye rather smaU, 

 with vertically elliptic pupil. Body more or less elongate ; scales 



Fig. 24. 



Maxillary and mandible of Sinodon rnfosonatus. 



smooth or feebly keeled, with apical pits, in 17 (or 21) rows ; 

 ventrals angulate laterally. Tail moderate ; subcaudals in two 

 rows. 



China and Japan ; Himalayas (?). 



