630 ADDENDA AND OOKEIHENDA. 



j^j^ . Page 89. Dendrelaphis tristis. 



s. Hgr. (V. 176 ; 0. 130). Ceylon. Dr. Bowles [P.]. 



Loreal absent on the left side. 



^^^ . Page 89. Dendrelaphis caudolineatus. 



Dendrophis picta, Motley ^ Billwyn, Nat. Hist. Labuan, p. 46, 

 pi. — (1855). 



». ? (V. 180 ; 0. 106). Sandakan, N. Borneo. Douglas Cator, Esq. 



[P.]. 



^^^ . Page 91. Dendrelaphis terriflcus. 



e. 5 , head & tail. Alhay, S. Luzon. Whitehead Exped. 



^^^ . Page 91. Dendrelaphis modestns. 



c-d. S (V. 186, 190; 0. Halmaheira. Prof. Kukenthal [0.]; 



?, 121). Senckenberg Mus. [E.]. 



e. Hgr. (V. 185 ; C. 121). Batjan. Prof Kukenthal [0.] ; 



Senckenberg Mus. [E.]. 



Page 91. Add a species: — 

 6. Dendrelaphis papnensis. 



Dendrelaphis papuensis, Bouleng. Ann. 8r Mag. N. H. (6) xvi. 1895, 

 p. 409. 



Maxillary teeth 21 or 22. Eye as long as its distance from the 

 nostril. Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals 

 as long as the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two 

 thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the end of the 

 snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one prsB- 

 and two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 ; eight upper labials, fourth 

 and fifth entering the eye ; five or six lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 185-190; anal divided; subcaudals 

 119-126. Olive-brown above, head and neck dark, blackish; a 

 black streak on each side of the head and neck, passing through the 

 eye ; upper lip white ; vertebral scales on anterior part of body 

 lighter, edged with whitish in front ; ventrals and subcaudals pale 

 olive. 



Total length 1050 millim. ; tail 310. 



Trobriand Ids., British New Guinea. 



a-e. S (V. 190; C. 1J9) Trobriand Ids. Mr. Meek fCl. (Types.) 

 & 2 (V. 188, 188, 185, 

 185; 0. ?, 124, 125, 

 126). 



