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are without them, or support species more or less dissimi- 
lar, and in very small numbers. 
1 . Dipsas dendeophila. Of large size, attaining a 
length of 7 feet ; form very powerful ; head very thick ; 
posterior teeth grooved ; a small accessory pulmonary 
lobe ; 21 rows of scales, of which the dorsals are large, 
S. 220 + 102. Body of a fine shining black, surrounded 
with numerous bands of golden-yellow. Found in the 
Islands of Java and Sumatra ; the specimens from Celebes 
have the yellow bands closer, and the occiput ornamented 
with several spots of the same colour. 
2. Dipsas multimaculata. Habit of the preceding, 
but the size much less ; teeth all of equal length ; colour 
a grey-brown, or olive, varied with deep brown ; on the 
sides 2 ranges of spots, the superior very wide ; summit 
of the head marked by an angular line ; a dark streak be- 
hind the eye ; below of a rose colour, marbled and spotted 
with browm ; 17 rows of smooth scales. S. 207 + 84. 
Inhabits Bengal, and is found also in Java and Celebes. 
3. Dipsas teigonata. From Bengal. Allied to the 
last ; but the posterior maxillary tooth very long ; the 
tail shorter ; colour of a yellow-olive, marked along the 
back with irregular triangular spots of white, bordered 
with black. S. 233 + 80. 
4. Dipsas Cynodon. A beautiful serpent found in Java 
and Sumatra, of large size, and of a very attenuated form ; 
trunk extremely compressed ; 21 rows of scales ; the 
dorsals large and hexagonal ; teeth largest at the anterior 
extremity of the jaws ; eye very large ; colour of a greyish- 
purple, finely marbled or speckled with brown, and re- 
lieved with black, close-set bands ; several white spots 
on the sides ; a black streak behind the eye. S. 
260+140. 
5. Dipsas Deapiezi. Form a size nearly similar to 
the last ; but the muzzle is much shorter, the trunk less 
high, and the teeth of equal length throughout. The 
frenal plate is usually wanting. S. 260 + 130. Below of 
a rose-purple, bordered with black ; a series of red spots, 
bordered with black, near the abdomen. Of an almost 
uniform brown in the adult. Observed in Ceylon, Suma- 
tra, Java, Celebes, and New Guinea. 
