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one vertebral remain j besides these, however, a black stripe runs 
along the under side of the tail, at the point where the double scuta 
meet. 
Body elongated, tail very slender and tapering ; abdomen angular ; 
scuta very broad j eye large and orbicular. 
Bows of scales, I d. 
Abdominal scuta, 186. 
Subcaudal scuta, 100. 
Length of muzde to Tent, 3 feet IJ inches \ ^ 
„ 01 tail 1 toot J 
Found ill Labuan. 
Gen. Bryiopliis. 
BryiopLis prasina. 
UJar bunga, flower snake (Malay name). 
Green above ; pale greenish yellow below ; a narrow stripe of a 
light yellow colour extends along each side of the body, passing 
through the abdominal plates just below the angle, where they meet 
the scales of the body. 
Form lengthened and very slender, angular ; both jaws toothed; 
two teeth much longer than the rest occur on each side in the upper 
jaw. 
The number of the abdominal scuta appears to be very variable, 
as in three specimens which we have examined the following are 
the results :■ — 
Largest specimen 
Next ditto 
Smallest ditto 
Length to 
Tail. 
3 ft, 6 in. 
3 ft. in. 
3 ft. 0 in. 
Length of 
Tail. 
1 ft. 10 in. 
1 ft. 8 in. 
1 ft. 6 1 in. 
No, of Abdo* 
ininal Scuta. 
234 
228 
234 
No. of Sub- 
caudal Scuta. 
179 
198 
189 
This is a common species in Labiian, and is sometimes kept 
alive as a pet both by Europeans and natives. It haunts the 
thicker parts of the jungle where there is much low wood, 
and is very active ; and from its long and graceful form and 
the beauty of its pea-green colour relieved by the yellow' stripe, 
its movements are very elegant. It is fond of basking on the 
fallen trunks of trees, 
Gen. Dipsas. 
Dipsas dendropliila (ScW.), 
General colour — above ; rich brown black, with from eighty to 
ninety transverse bands of rufous yellow on each side ; these are 
narrow at the upper part, and either quite or nearly meet at the 
