231. BTJNGARUS. 371 



«. Hgr. (V. 237 ; C. 46). Cherra Pungi, Khasi Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 



Hills. 



b. 2 (V. 233; C. 51). Darjeeling, 6800 ft. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



c. Yg. (V. 220 ; C. 44). Daijeeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



6. Bxmgarus flaviceps. 



Bungarus flaviceps, Heinh. Vidensk. Selsk. Skrift. x. 1848, p. 267, 

 pi. iii. fig. 4 ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 112 (1847) ; Bum. ^ 

 Bibr. vii. p. 1274 (1854) ; Qiinth. Cat. p. 221 (1858). 



Megserophis formosus, Gray, Ann. ^ Magi. N. S. (2) iv. 1849, p. 247. 



flaviceps, Oiinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 346 (1864) ; Tirani, Rent. 



Cochinch. p. 33 (1885) ; W. Sdater, Journ. As. Soo. Beng. Ix. 1891, 

 p. 245. 



Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals much, 

 shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal as broad as long or slightly 

 longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 2 ; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; 

 three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 13 rows, vertebrals 

 strongly enlarged. Ventrals 193-226; anal entire; subcaudals 

 42-54, partly single, partly double. Black above, with or without 

 a yellow vertebral Une, two outer rows of scales black and yellow ; 

 head red or yellow ; tail and sometimes posterior part of body orange- 

 red. 



Total length 1850 millim. ; tail 220. 



Tenasserim, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 Java. 



A. Body uniform black above, brown below ; posterior part of body 



and tail red. 



a. 5 (V. 220 ; 0. ?). Sumatra. Zoological Society. 



B. A series of small yellow dots along the vertebral line ; a yellow 



lateral streak along the two outer rows of scales ; belly brown ; 

 tail red ; an elongate black marking on the back of the head. 



a. Yg. (V. 207 ; C. 54). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 



b. Yg. (V. 193; C. 48). Java. Dr. Ploem [C.]. 



C. A yellow vertebral stripe ; a yeUow lateral streak ; beUy yellow, 



the shields edged with brown ; posterior part of body and tail 

 uniform red. 



a,b 6 (V. 219 ; C. 52) Sarawak Sir J. Brooke [P.]. 



& yg. (V. 217 ; C. 51). (Types of M. formosus.) 



e, d. cJ (V. 226, 225 ; C. Sarawak Sir H. Low [P.]. 



52, 47). 



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