Catalogue of Reptiles. 13 



23. B. ocellata, Dum. et Bib. 



not B. ocellata apud Gunther. 



B. Berdmoreii, Blyth apud Gunther. 



a. stuffed adult. Calcutta. E. Blyth Esq 



h. c. smaller, stuffed. Ditto. Ditto. 



This species occurs in Calcutta, but not in Pegu, where B. Berdmoreii, 

 Blyth, replaces it. It is a much smaller and more elongate species than 

 ±f. Berdmoreii, Blyth, which is very convex. 



24.* B. trivittata, Dum. et Bib. 



A specimen of this remarkably handsome species presented b y my- 

 self from Moulmem, is no longer in the museum. It abounds in Pegu 

 and is remarkable for the disparity of coloration and size in the sexes/ 

 " Male 18.50 x 13.10. 



Shell pale olive green, with three conspicuous black streaks down 

 the back, as though of black paint. Beneath, pale orange yellow 

 feort parts of body and limbs pale yellow, dusky above. Neck and 

 head smooth, during life of a bright carnation red, instantly fading on 

 death to a waxy white. An intensely black lozenge-shaped plate be- 

 hind the nostrils, on the forehead. 



Female, 23.50 x 12.50. 

 Colour of the shell is dark brown above and below. Head, neck and 

 limbs are uniform pale greenish olive, with the black lozenge behind the 

 nostrils on the forehead, as in the male. Abundant in the Delta of 

 Pegu. Oviposits about Zalon in. December and January. Eo-o- s 25 in 

 number 2.6 long." Weight 965 grains. (MSS. Cat. Reptiles°Pegu.) 



PANGSHUKA, Gray. 



(Fourth Vertebral decanter-shaped.) 



25. P. tectum, Bell. 

 E. tecta, Gray. 



a. stuffed adult, 7 inches. Calcutta. E. Blyth, Esq. 



b. c. d. young, stuffed. Ditto. Ditto.' 

 e. — m. young in spirits. Ditto. Ditto. 



It is not a little singular that Dr. Gunther, in his last admirable work 



on the Eeptiles of India, should have so superciliously, one might 



almost say perversely, ignored the labours of his predecessors An 



; excellent figure is given by Bell, and the species is also figured b Y 



; Hardwicke. I do not agree with Prof. Bell that Hardwicke's figure 



is too brightly coloured, as the animal is often of a bright red below 



mottled with black, and with a bright red vertebral stripe. The more 



modest coloration, however, of Bell's figure should have prevented 



1 Dr. Gunther from describing the colour as yellow, in opposition to 



# Species with an asterisk are wanting in the Museum. 



