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COLTTBKIDJS. 



D. Var. spuTATEix (N. sputatrix, Boie, var. nigra, Gray, N. atra, 

 Cantor).— Black or dark brown above and beneath, with some 

 yellow or orange on the sides of the head and neck ; young 

 with a pale U or O-shaped marking on the hood, and the chin 

 and throat whitish. 25 scales across the neck, 19-21 across 

 the middle of the body. 



E. Var. LBTTCODIEA. — Brown or blackish ; no marking on the hood ; 



' lower surface of neck yellowish white, followed by a black 



cross-band, and usually with an azygous black spot anteriorly 



and one or two on each side. 21-25 scales across the neck, 



17 or 19 across the middle of the body. 



a-d. 2 (Scfg, f; V.186, 



191 ; C. 52, 50) & yg. 



(Scf^,??; V. 192, 183; 



C. 52, 61). 

 e. ? (Sc. fi; V. 193; C. 



61). 



Deli, Sumatra. 



Mr. Iversen [C.]. 



Malay Peninsula ? Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



-F 



F. Var. MI0LEPI8. — Dark brown or black ; sides of head and throat 

 yellowish, whitish in the young ; no marking on the hood ; 

 young with whitish rings completely encircling the body and 

 tail, and with the white of the sides of the neck extending 

 backwards towards its fellow to form an angular band behind 

 the hood. 21-23 scales across the neck, 17-19 across the 

 middle of the body. 



a, b, c. <S (be. j^, yi 

 185,188; C. ?,51) &? 

 (Sc.fi; V. 192; 0.48). 



d. Yg. (Sc. |i V. 199; 

 0. 46). 



Hgr. (Sc. f,; V. 192; 

 0.45) 



V. Sarawak. 



Sarawak. 



BejangB., Sarawak. 



Sir J. Brooke [P.]. 



Eajah Brooke [P.]. 

 Brooke Low, Esq, [P.] 



