Catalogue of Reptiles. (><) 



Eye very email over 3rd and 4th labials. Snpcrciliaries very lar-c 

 Six upper labials, 1st small, the rest large, subequal, reguS & 



Color greemsh-olivc above, yellow, below with narrow distant black 

 toss bars, formed on the belly of only single black scales ; chin shields 

 two pairs, approximate : 4th and 5th lower labials large. 



H. coronata, Giinther. 



H. obscwra, Dumeril, Mus. label. 



a - atlult - HidgiUi. II. L. Hanghton, Esq. 



This specimen was labelled IT. ob8<mra,but accords minutely with 



bruntner s description ol 11. coronata. 



II. STRICTICOLLIS, Giillth.T. 



//. ohscura, Da ad. Mut. label. 



a.adult. Hidgilli. II. L. Hanghton, Esq. 



A Tariety probably of (his species, though not quite corresponding 

 with (» anther a description. ° 



Scales i,i, Deck in 36 rows; on body in t5, with an indistinct central 

 tubercular kee : one anteocular, one postocular : 3rd upper labial does not 

 to.. eh uasal; 3rd and tth enter the orbit; one large anterior temporal 

 two small posterior ones, alongside of the occipital. Ventrals entire 

 broader than adjoining scales, very obsenrely three-keeled. No enlarged 

 praaanals. Above blackish olive, below yellowish, feintly dark handed- 

 markings blended and obscure. 



H. ciiloris, Daud. 



ff. gracilis, Shaw apud Blyth. 

 H. Lindsay!) Gray (/) 



a - Akyab. — Dunn, Esq. 



&. Sandheads. 



These specimens accord very well with H. chloris as described by 

 Gun her, saye that the rostral is quite as high as broad. StS 

 single character, they resemble H. Llnds,,,,!, Gray? which must, therefore 

 be held to be very doubtfully distinct from the present spec! the 

 £& ^i*^ seemrng to be insufficient for specific separation! 

 such as coloration and the number of ventral shields, which perse when 

 weighed against the strict agreement of all the other characters, are 

 comparatively unimportant. 



H. Guntiieri, Theobald. 



Scales on neck in 43 rows, on middle of body in 51, strongly keeled, 

 subequal. Ventrals undivided, bi- tubercular : one ante-ocular, one 

 postocular. Upper labials six; 2nd very large, 3rd and 4th enter the orbit; 

 oth low, wedged between two temporals. A large upper temporal in 



