131. CANTOBIA. 23 



c. 2 (Sc. 29; V. 146; Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 

 C. 32). 



d. $ (Sc. 27 ; V. 153 ; Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.], 

 C. 37). ^ ^ 



e. S (So. 25 ; V. 148 ; Borneo. 



C. 48). 



/. Yg. (Sc. 27 ; V. 147 ; Niah, Borneo. A. Everett, Esq. [CI. 



0. 41). ' 1 L J 



g. $ (Sc. 27; V. 156 ; Java. G. Lyon, Esq. [P.]. 



0, 38). 

 hr-i. $ (Sc. 27, 25; V. N. Oeram. 



144,146; 0.32,34). 

 k. ? (Sc. 26; V. 156; Fly R., New Guinea. Eev. S. Macfarlane 



0. 28). [0.1. 



I. $ (Sc. 27 ; V. 138 ; Port Moresby. Eev. G. Turner [C.l. 



Fordonia papuensis, Maoleay, Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. ii. 1877, 

 p. 35, from Katow, New Guinea, is possibly a synonym of the above 

 species. The exclusion of the third labial from the eye may be an 

 individual anomaly ; -whilst the number (22) of series of scales given 

 in the description may not be the highest to be found on the 

 specimen. 



131. CANTORIA. 



Cantoria, QirarA, Proc. Ac. PMlad. 1857, p. 182, and U.S. Explor. 

 Exped., Serp. p. 156 (1858) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 277 

 (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 380 (1890). 



Hydrodipsas, Peters, Mm. Berl. Ac. 1859, p. 270. 



Hemiodontus, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, p. 263. 



Maxillary teeth 10 or 11, last longest and grooved; anterior 

 mandibular teeth longest. Head small, not distinct from neck; 

 eye very small, with round pupil ; head-shields large ; nostril in a 

 semidivided nasal, the cleft of which extends to the prsefrontal ; a 

 single intemasal, separating the nasals ; loreal present. Body 

 extremely elongate, slightly compressed; scales smooth, without 

 pits, in 19 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate ; subcaudals in 

 two rows. 



Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



1. Cantoria violacea. 



Cantoria violacea, Oirard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 182, and U.S. 



Fxplor. Exped., Herp. p. 156, pi. xi.figs. 7-10 (1868) ; Cope, Proc. 



Ac. Philad. 1866, p. 312; lAXth. Vidensh. Meddel. 1866, p. 151; 



Boulmg. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 380, fig. (1890). 

 Hydrodipsas elapiformis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1859, p. 270, pi. — , 



flg. 1. 

 Cantoria elongata, Oiinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 277 (1864). 

 Hemiodontus elapiformis, Jari, Elenco, p. 79 (1863), Arch. Zool. 



Anat. Phys. iii. 1866, p. 265, and Icon. Gin. 28, pi. vi. fig. 2 (1868). 

 Cantoria elapiformis, Oiinth. Zool. Rec. 1868, p. l24, 

 dayana, StoUczka, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 208, 



