238. DOLiopHis. 401 



or a little shorter than the parietals ; one prae- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 1 or 1+2 ; six upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; anterior chin-shields a little longer than the 

 posterior and in contact with three or four lower labials. Scales in 

 13 rows. Ventrals 24+-293; anal entire; subcaudals 34-50. 

 Dark purple or black above ; head, tail, and lower parts red. 



Total length 1610 millim. ; tail 190. 



Burma, Cochin-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 



A. A fine white lateral line between the borders of the two outer 



rows of scales. (E. hivirgatus, Boie.) 



a. d' (V. 27-4; 0.40). Pinang. ' Gen.Hardwicke[P.]. 



b. d (V. 281 ; C. 49). Java. 



B. Pour white lines along the body, the outer broader and running^ 



along the adjacent halves of the two outer rows of scales. 

 (E. tetratcenia, Blkr.) 



a. (J (¥.280; C. 44). Sintang, Borneo. Dr. Bleeker. 



(Type of -B. tetrattsnia.) 



b. 2 (V. 244; C. 44). Matang, Borneo. 



c. 2 (V. 246 ; 0. 38). Bongon, N. Borneo. A. Everett, Esq .[0.]. 



C. A pale blue lateral stripe, occupying the two outer rows of 



scales. {E. flaviceps, Cant.) 



a. ? (V. 252 ; 0. 38). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 



b. (J (V. 293 ; C. 50). Pinang. 



c. $ (V. 253 ; C. 87). Kedah, Malay Peninsula. B. E. Mitchell, Esq> 



d. Hgr. (V. 244 ; C. Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.]. 

 43). 



e. $ (V. 263 ; C.43). Deli, Sumatra. Mr. Iversen [0.1. 

 f-ff, 5 (V. 246 ; 0. P East India Co. [P.]- 



37)&hgr. (V. 272; 

 0. 47). 

 h. 2 (V. 249; 0.34). ? 



— U 2. DoliopMs intestinalis. 



Seba, Thes. ii. pi. ii. fig. 7 (1735) ; Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pi. rii> 



(1801). 

 Aspis intestinalis, Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 106 (1768). 

 Elaps furcatus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 303 (1801) ; Schleg. Phys. 



Serp. ii. p. 450, pi. xvi. ligs. 12 & 13 (1837), and Abhild. pi. xlvi. 



figs. 1-8 (1844) ; Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 34 ; Bum. 8/- 



Bibr. vii. p. 1228 (1854) ; Motley Sr Dillwyn, Nat. Sist. Labuan, 



p. 45 (1855) ; Jan, Icon. G4n. 43, pi. i. fig. 3 (1873). 

 Vipera furcata. Baud. Sept. vi. p. 22 (1803). 

 Maticora lineata, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. ixxivi. fig. 2 (1834). 

 Elaps intestinalis, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 107 (1847) ; Gunth. 



Ca«. p. 230 (1858). ,.,„ . ^ ^ . 

 trilineatus, Bwm. Sr Bibr. t. c. p. 1227 ; v. Lidth ae Jeu.de, m 



M. Webei; Zool. Ergebn. i. p. 191, pi. xvi. fig. 10 (1890). 



thepassi, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xx. 1859, p. 201. 



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