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specimens it nearly entirely disappears on the throat, and there 

 is no trace of it on the side of the body. 



52. Dendrophis catidilineata, G r a y, (G ii n t h., 1. cit. p. 297). 

 In a live specimen obtained at Penang, there are on the anterior 



half of the body six narrow black dorsal stripes beginning behind 

 the neck, but as the epidermis is much opaque here, they are not 

 very distinctly perceptible. In the middle of the body one stripe on 

 either side of the two median dorsal ones becomes obsolete, and only 

 four stripes continue up to the tail ; the two lateral bands on each 

 side are throughout distinct, the lower is much broader than the 

 upper. 



On no part of the body are there more than thirteen series of 

 scales, (on the posterior only eleven). This is exactly the number 

 observed on two Penang specimens by C a n t o r (vide Journal 

 Asiatic Society, Bengal, vol. XVI, p. 933), while Gr ii n t h e r 

 gives ''fifteen rows," which may either be a mistake, or possibly 

 the Borneo specimens possess fifteen rows, for Gr ii n t h e r ' s 

 description may have been taken from them, there being no Penang 

 specimen recorded in the British Museum Catalogue. Having 

 alluded to the accurate description of Dr. Cantor, I hardly need 

 to remark that there can be no doubt of the identity of the species 

 with the one recorded by Or ii n t h e r. 



53. Chrysopelea ornata, S h a w, (G ii n t h., 1. cit. p. 298). 

 The var. a of Gr ii n t h e r is common on Penang. A vertebral 



series of spots occurs in all specimens, each spot being formed of 

 three or four (or more) scales which are of a beautiful coral red in 

 the live snake, but become yellow in spirit. In one specimen, the 

 right loreal is on the left side united with its next posterior frontal, 

 the other shields are normal ; such abnormities in the arrangement 

 of the shields of the head, differing on the two sides, are extremely 

 common. In all specimens the ventrals have a narrow blackish 

 edge, except those on the throat and for a short distance beyond, 

 the last two in front of the anus are usually bifid. The maxilary 

 teeth are all nearly equal, the last is often scarcely larger than the 

 others, but in two apparently male specimens I have observed the 

 2nd and 4th anterior tooth to be distinctly larger than the rest. 



