140. 8IBN0PHIS. 



1. Eteirodipsas colubrina. 



P Seba, Thes. i. pi. xk. fig. 7 (1784). 



? Coluber nepa, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 97 (1768). 



Dipsas colubrina, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 273 (1837), and Abbild. 



p. 136, pi. xlv. figs. 21-26 (1844) ; Bum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 1146 



(1853) ; Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xii. 1881, p. 448. 

 Eteirodipsas colubrina, Jan, JElenco, p. 105 (1863), and Icon. Gin, 



39, pi i. fig. 1 (1872) ; Boettg. Abh. Senck. Ges. xi. 1877, p. 16, 



1878, p. 271, & 1879, p. 467. 



Eostral broader than deep, visible from above; internasals as 

 long as broad or a little broader . than long, as long as or a little 

 longer than the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half to twice as 

 long as broad, as long as or longer than its distance from the end 

 of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal nearly as long as dgep ; 

 two . prseoculars, upper largest and in contact with or narrowly 

 separated from the frontal ; three postoculars ; three suboculars, 

 separating the eye from the labials ; temporals small, scale-like, 2 

 or 3 -H 2 or 3 ; eight or nine upper labials ; four or five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields 

 narrower and separated from each other by two series of scales. 

 Scales in 25 to 29 rows. Ventrals 176-202 ; anal divided (rarely 

 entire); subcaudals44-71,afewof which may be entire. Pale brown, 

 yellowish, or greenish yellow above, with dark brown or black spots 

 arranged quincuncially ; a more or less distinct dark streak on each 

 side of the head behind the eye ; uniform yellowish white beneath. 



Total length 860 millim. ; tail 120. 



Madagascar ; Bourbon (?). 



a. S (Sc. 27 ; V. 192 ; A. 2 ; 

 0. 62). 



b. 2 (Sc. 27 ; V. 189 ; A. 1 ; 

 C. ?). 



c-d. 3 (Sc.29; V.200; A.l; 



0. 59)&$ (Sc.25;V.184; 



A. 2; 0.50). 

 e. S (Sc. 29; V. 194; A. 2 ; 



C. 56). 

 /. Hgr.(Sc.27;V.195; A.2; 



C. 68). 

 g. 5 (Sc. 27 ; V. 192 ; A. 2 ; 



C. 51). 

 hr-i. c?(Sc.27; V.195;A.2; 



C. 51) & yg. (Sc. 27 ; V. 



197 ; A. 2 ; 0. 44). 

 k. $ skeleton. 



Madagascar. 

 Madagascar. 

 Madagascar. 



Madagascar. 

 Tamatave. 

 E. Imerina. 



Imerina. 



Prof. A. -Newton [P.]. 

 Rev. T. Ellis [P.]. 

 J. Caldwell, Esij. [P.J. 



Rev. R. Baron [0.]. 

 M. Majastre [0.]. . 

 Rev. R. Baron [C.]. 

 Rev. R. Baron [0.]. 



E. Imerina. Rev. J. WiUs [C.]. 



140. STENOPHIS. 



Dipsas, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 257 (1837). 



Heterurus (non Hodqs.), part., Bum. ^ Bibr. MSm. Ac. Sc. xxiii. 



1853, p. 538, and Erp. Gen. vii. p. 1168 (1854) ; Jan, Menao sist. 



O^rf. p. 103(1863). 

 Dipsadoboa, part., Giinfh. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 182 (1858). 



Maxillary teeth 13 or 14, equal, followed, after an interspace, by 



