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Fam. Dipsadid.®. Giintlier, Rept. Brit. Ind., has figured 
Dipsas hoops (Gthr.), pL 24. fig. G; Dipsas hubalina (Klein), 
pi. 24. fig. E; Dipsas ceylonensis (Gthr.), pi. 23. fig. B. 
ChamcdoHm, g. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 310. Scales smooth, 
those of the vertebral row not enlarged ; subcaudals two-rowed. Rostral 
moderate ; nostril between two nasals ; loreal united with lower anteocular. 
Posterior maxillary tooth grooved. — CK auKcus, pi. 26. f. 2, from the Zambesi. 
Fam. Lycodontida 5. Gunther, Rept. Brit. Ind., has figured 
the head of Tetragonosoma effrene (Cant.), pi. 24. fig. K. 
New species : — 
Lycodon laoensis, Gunther, 1. c. p. 317, from the Laos Mountains; Lycodon 
anamallensis, Gunther, p. 318, from the Anamallay Mountains. 
Fam. AMBLYCEPHALiDv^fe. Prof. Peters,Monatsber. Acad. Wiss. 
Berl. 1864, p. 273, describes a snake from Malacca, which he con- 
siders to be the type of a new genus, Asthenodipsas , the species 
being named A. malaccana] the head is figured (fig. 3). This 
snake is identieal with the speeimens named Pareas Icevis (Kuhl) 
in the British Museum. 
Fam. Erycid^. Pseudoeryx hotiee (Blainv.) and Wenona 
plumbea (Baird and Girard) are figured by J an, L c. part iii. pi. 2 ; 
Eryx johnii (Rifls.) and^Erya? thebaicus (GeoflPr.), part iv. pi. 1 ‘ 
Eryx jaculus (L.), pi. 2; Gongylophis conicus (Sehneid.), pi. 3. 
Fam. Pythonida!. Plastoseryx (!) bronni is the name under 
which Jan figures Loxocemus bicolor (Cope), part iii. pi. 1. He 
refers this snake to the Erycid<B. Also the other species figured 
by that author are known : — 
Morelia argus (L.), figured by Jan, part vii. pi. 6; Liasis macklotii (D. & B.), 
and Nardoa schlegelii (Gray), pi. 6 ; Python molurus (L.), young, part viii. 
pi. 2 ; Python scbce (Gm.), pi. 3 ; Python schcOj var. natalensis, pi. 4 ; Python 
rcgius (Merr.), pi. 6 ; Python reticulatus (Sehneid.), pi. 6. 
Fam. Boid;e. A young example of some species of Boa is 
figured by Jan, /. c. part i. pi. 2, with the name of Acrantophis 
dumerilii. — Hab. — ? 
Other species figured in the same work are : — 
Leptohoa dussumieri (Schleg.), part ii. pi. 1 ; Enygrus carinatus (Sehneid.) 
and Enygrus hibronii (D. & B.), pis. 2 & 3 ; Trachyboa gular\s (Peters), pi. 2. 
f. 3 ; Pclophihis madagascariensis (D. & B.), pi. 4 ; Platygaster multicarinatus 
(Pdron), part iii. pi. 3 ; Tropidophis melanurns (Schleg.), part v. pi. 1 ; Tropi- 
dophis maculatus (Bibr.) and Boa constrictor (L.), pi. 2 ; Boa diviniloqua 
(Laur.), pi. 3 ; the same, var. mexicana, pi. 4 ; Boa imperator (Baud.), part vi. 
pi. 1 ; Boa eques (Eyd. & Soul.), pi. 2; Eunectes ynurinus (L.), pi. 3; Homa^ 
lochilus striatus (Fisch.), pi. 4; Chilahothrius inornatus (Reinh.), pi. 6; 
Epioi'ates angidifer (D. & B.), pi. 6; Epi crates cupreus (Fisch.), part vii. 
pi. 1 ; Xiphosoma caninum (L.), pi. 2 ; Xiphosoma hortidanum (L.), pi. 3 ; 
Xiphosoma madagascariense (D. & B.), pi. 4 ; Epicrates cenchris (L.), part viii. 
pi. 1. 
