290 Notices and Descriptions of various Reptiles. [No. 3. 



of an adult 41 in., of which tail 8| in. Inhabits Asam and Ara-= 

 kan. 



Te. subminiatus (?), Schlegel. A most variable species, affined 

 in structure to the preceding. One 16 in. long has the upper-parts 

 speckled over with black and bright yellow on a greenish ground, 

 under-parts whitish throughout. Head plumbeous above : a large 

 "black patch behind the occiput, surrounded except in front by 

 orange-yellow border, behind which again the nape is bright Ver- 

 million, chiefly between the scales. A conspicuous black streak 

 below the eye, and two black spots posteriorly towards the gape : 

 scutse 147 ; scutellse 94 pairs. Another, rather larger, has the back 

 almost plain dark plumbeous, paler and spotted w T ith black towards 

 the nape ; lower-parts freckled with minute black specks, and in- 

 creasingly so to the tail-tip : occiput and nape green, crossed with 

 two orange bands, becoming redder posteriorly. All the upper 

 labials with a black stripe, where each adjoins the next. Scuta? 

 157; scutella? 66 pairs. A third, 29 in. long, has the upper-parts 

 dark olive brown, with bright yellow spots on the skin between the 

 scales ; the lower dull pearly : nape green, followed by a vermillion 

 space: a single broad black streak below the eye. Scuta? 155 ; scu- 

 tellae 83 pairs. The above three specimens are from Asam. Nume- 

 rous others from Eungpore and Arakan, are mostly similar to the 

 last, with generally a double black streak below the eye uniting 

 beneath, rarely a single streak, and one large specimen has no streak 

 below the eye : this would seem to disappear with age. Eows of 

 scales 17, 19: scuta? 150, 166; scutelhe 60 to 90 pairs, but gener- 

 ally intermediate. Tail in all suddenly tapering. Largest specimen, 

 which is much thicker than the others (denoting maturity), 3 ft., 

 of which tail 8-| in. 



Te. maceops, nobis, n. s. Eye very large; the vertical shield 

 broad, and posterior frontals twice as large as the anterior. Prevail- 

 ing hue of the upper-parts a dull vinaceous, many of the scales 

 margined with black, and some with yellow : a series of yellow spots 

 (about 50 in number) continued along the spine to the extremity of 

 the tail, with a row of black spots on either side. Head and neck 

 , plumbeous, diverging on the nape where the first of the series of 

 yellow spots is placed j a slight whitish Y-like mark on occiput. 



