1847.] Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 1)2!) 



Dryophis prasinus, Reinwardt. 



Tragops, Wagler. 



Dryinus nasutus, Bell, apud Horsfield : Life of Raffles. 



Passer ita, Gray. 



Dryiphis prasina, apud Schlegel. 



" Ular daun" of the Malays. 



Leek-green above, with some irregular white and black oblique lines, 

 paler on the cheeks and upper lips ; tail cinnamon ; under lips and 

 throat white, scuta and scutella light green or mother-of-pearl, on each 

 side with a white or pale yellow longitudinal line, below which in some 

 a second, green, line. Pupil black, elongated- pyriform, with the apex 

 turned forwards, horizontally contracted by the light. Iris pale bur- 

 nished golden, bright on the pupillary margin, the upper half of which 

 forms a little behind its middle a small pointed lobe. Tongue bluish 

 white. 



Scuta 186 to 228, Scutella 140 to 203. 



Habit. — Malayan Peninsula and Islands. 



Celebes, Java, Cochin-China, Siam, Burmah, Tenasserim, 

 Arracan, Bengal, Assam. 



Var. A. 

 Syn. — Dryiophis xantliozonius, Kuhl ? 



Head less elongated and the rostral shield unusually small ; upper 

 lips in some white ; besides the yellow and green lateral line, a central 

 green ; scuta and scutella in some with brown edges. 



Habit. — Same localities. 



Var. B. 



Head above light brownish grey, tinged with sky-blue and rose- 

 colour cheeks and lips pale rose ; trunk light brownish ash, changing 

 to pale rust colour on the tail ; whitish grey on the sides ; beneath 

 buff, with a white longitudinal line on each side. Iris burnished 

 silver, tongue white. 



Habit. — Pinang Hills. 



Var. C. 



Upper parts saffron yellow, paler on the sides ; beneath sulphur- 

 coloured, with a lateral white line. Pupil deep burnished golden ; 

 tongue white. 

 Habit. — Pinang Hills. 



This species is exceedingly numerous in the Malayan forests, both 



