1847.] Malayan Peninsula ami Islands. 915 



Gen. Lycodon, //. Boie. 



Head not very distinct, oblong, depressed ; supra-orbital shield trian- 

 gular, narrowed in front ; proe-orbital one ; post-orbitals two ; frenal 

 one ; eyes sunk, far removed from the muzzle ; pupil vertical ; trunk 

 elongated, somewhat compressed with smooth, rhomboidal, imbricate 

 scales ; tail short, tapering : anterior maxillary teeth longer than the 

 rest. 



Lycodon aulicus, (Linne.) 



Lyn. — Coluber aulicus, Linne (not apud Daudin.) 

 Russell* I, PI. 16, Gajoo Tutta. 

 Coluber striatus, Shaw ? 

 Coluber malignus, Daudin. 



Lycodon hebe, Boie, apud Wagler, Schlegel {excl. Synon. Col. hebe, 

 Daud.) 



Lighter or darker chestnut with numerous white transversal bands, 

 (in some spotted with black,) on the sides forming a forked network, 

 composed of brown scales edged with white ; on each side of the hind- 

 head a white triangular spot (confluent in some,) with brown spots ; 

 lips similarly coloured ; beneath pearl-coloured ; eyes black ; tongue 

 whitish. 



Scuta 208 to 25/ ; scutella 57 to 91. 



Habit. — Pinang. 



Bengal, Coromandel. 



Var. A. 



Syn. — Lycodon hebe, Var, Schlegel. 



With a number of large square white spots, with black edges and 

 central spots. 



Habit. — Pin a ng . 

 Bengal. 



Var. B. 



Syn.— Russell II, PI. 37- 



Lycodon capucinus, Boie. 



Lycodon hebe, Var. javan. Schlegel. 



Lycodon atropurpureus, Cantor. 



* Russell I, PI. 26, Karetta, upon which is founded Coluber galathea, Duudiu, 

 appears to represent the present species, or one of its Varieties. 



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