90 COLUBEIBa!. 



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

 in 13 rows. Ventrals 171-188 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 100-112. 

 Light brownish bronze or greenish yellow above, the scales with 

 black edges forming more or less regular longitudinal lines ; a 

 yellowish lateral streak edged above and below by a black band, the 

 lower of which extends on to the outer edge of the ventrals ; lips and 

 lower surfaces pale metallic citrine, the taU with a black median line. 



Total length 1520 miUim. ; tail 380. 



Southern India, Malay Peninsula, Mergui, Borneo, Sumatra, 

 Philippines. 



a-b. c? (V. 177 ; C. 112) & Wynad, Malabar. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



$ (V. 184; 0. 100). 



c. Hgr. (V. 176; 0. 109). Perak. J. H. Leech, Esq. [P.]. 



d-e. 2 (V. 181, 187 ; 0. Pinang. Dr. Oantor. 



104, 110). 



f-y. $ (V. 183 ; 0. 109) Singapore. Dr. Dennys [P.]. 



&yg. (V. 180; 0.104). 



/j. 2 (V. 188; C. IIOJ. Malay Peninsula (?). East India Company 



[P.]. 



i. S (V. 174; 0. 100). E. coast of Sumatra. Mrs. Findlay [P.]. 



A. $ (V. 171; C.?). Nias. Hr.SundermannfO.l. 



I. 5 (V. 173; C. 100). Bunguran Id., Natuna A.JEverett,Esc[.£C.J. 



Ids. 



m. $ (V. 183 ; 0. 111). Borneo. Sir J. Brooke [P.]. 



n. 6 (V. 175 ; C. 108). Borneo. Sir H. Low [P.]. 



0. $ (V. 186 ; C. ?). Borneo. L. L. DiUwyn, Esq. 



[P.]. 



p. Yg. (V. 176 ; C. 109). Matang, Borneo. 



?. Yg. (V. 183; C.P). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.l 



r. Yg. (V. 172; C. 106). Puerta Princesa. A. Everett, Esq. [C.J. 



4. Dendrelaphis terrifious. 



Dendrophis picta, var. B, Gilnth. Cat. p. 149 (1858). 



punctulata, spec, o, Ounth. I. o. p. 150. 



terrificua, Peters, Man. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 583. 



philippinensis, Qunth. Proa. Zool. 8oc. 1879, p. 78, pi. iv. 



Dendrelaphis terriiicus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Mept. p. 339 (1890). 



Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Rostral a little 

 broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals as long as 

 or a little shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half as 

 long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral, shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one prse- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2+2; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth or fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

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

 in 13 rows. Ventrals 167-182 ; anal divided : subcaudals 92-113. 

 Olive above, some of the scales black-edged or with white outer 

 border ; a black stripe on each side of the head and neck, passing 

 through the eye, sometimes continued along the body and tail; 

 a black line along the outer edge of the ventrals and subcaudals, 

 which are of a pale yellowish green ; a black median line along the 

 lower surface of the taU. 



