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COLUBEID^. 



C. Dorsal region black; sides and belly yellow, with a lateral 



series of black spots, which may be partly confluent into a 

 stripe ; tail with dorsal and lateral spots. 



a. £ . India. Gen. Hai'dwicke [P.]. 



b. Hgr. Panama. Haslar Collection. 



D. Dorsal region black, ventral region brown, the two separated by 



a yellow lateral stripe ; tail spotted as in the preceding. 



Dr. Leith [P." 



a. g. 



b. Yg. 



c. Hgr. 



E. Black above, 

 preceding. 



a-d. (S ■ 



e. $. 



f. Hgr. 

 ff. Hgr. 



h, i. ? & yg. 

 A. Yg. 



I. s. 



m-n. (S . 

 0. Hgr. 

 f-q. Hgr. 

 r. $. 

 s. Hgr. 

 t. d. 



«. Yg. 

 V, w. Hgr. 



^■. ?. 



y. d. 



z. Skeleton. 

 X. Skull of /. 



Bombay. 



Oo Sima, Loo Choo Is. 



Australia. 



M. Ferris [C] ; 



M. R. Oberthiir [P." 

 J. Baines, Esq. [P.]. 



sides and belly yellow ; tail spotted as in the 

 {M. hicolor, Schn.) 



Madagascar. 



Kurraohee. 



Trevandrum, Travancore. 



Madras. 



India. 



Ceylon. 



Formosa. 



Siam. 



Gulf of Siam. 



Borneo. 



Australia. 



New Georgia, Solomon Ip. 



Lat. 0° 4' S., Long. 180° 



20' E. 

 Samoa, 

 New Zealand. 

 Salina Cruz, Mexico. 

 Off coast of Ecuador. 



Indian Ocean. 



Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 

 Kurrachee Museum [P.]. 

 H. 8. Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 

 Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 

 Miss Layard [P.], 

 R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



H.M.S. 'Herald.' 

 Sir E. Belcher [P.l. 

 G. Krefft, Esq. [P'.]. 

 H.M.S. ' Penguin.' 

 H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



Rev. S. J. Whitmee [P.]. 



Dr. A. C. Buller [C.]. 

 J. W. Warburton, Esq. 



[P.]. 



F. Tellow, with a black vertebral stripe, broken up into spots 



posteriorly ; no lateral spots on the body or tail. 



a. Hgr. China. 



b. 2 ■ Sumatra. 



c. Hgr. ? 



G. Yellow, with a vertebral band and spots on the tail pale brown 



or olive. 

 a-b. cJ & yg- Trevandrum, Travancore. H. S. Ferguson, Esq. [P.]. 



205. THALASSOPHIS. 



Thalassophis, part., Schmidt, Abh. Naturw. Samb. ii. 1852, p. 75. 

 Hydrophis, part., Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Hamb. iii. 1856, p. 41 ; 



Jan, Elenco sist. OfiA. p. 109 (1863) ; Gunih. Kept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 360 (1864). 



