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Below of a rosy- purple. S. 176 4-81. Inhabits the 
Island of Java. A handsome local variety of an uniform 
colour is found at Celebes ; another with vivid tints at 
Sumatra. 
7. Tropidonotus subminiatus. Allied to the two 
last by structure, habit, and shape ; but the head is 
shorter and higher, and the upper lip very inflated. Brown 
verging on green, on red, or on black, and varied with 
black ; below yellow, with two rows of black points ; 
naked skin of the neck or space between the scales, of a 
fine vermilion-red ; on the nape a black spot, preceded 
by a yellowish collar. S. 1314- 57. From Java. 
8. Tropidonotus picturatus. A new species from New 
Guinea ; size considerable ; form less strong than the last, 
which it resembles in habit and form of the head ; 1 5 
rows of scales. S. from 128 + 52 to 134 + 62. Above 
of a brown shistose-black ; below of pale citron-yellow ; 
the scuta have reddish edges, and a large spot of smoke- 
black on the ribs ; two rays of black on the neck, and 
another behind the eye ; lips yellow.^ 
9. Tropidonotus tigrinus. Habit, physiognomy, and 
colour, like the Tropid. Natrix ; but the head is less de- 
pressed, the scales are broader and more strongly cari- 
nated, the eyes larger, the dorsal spots more extensive 
in the species of Japan. S. 161+71. 
10. Tropidonotus Vibakari. Of very small size, and 
of very slight form. Head small, and not distinct from 
the neck ; the scales feebly carinated. Pale brown, with 
a dorsal ray of a deeper colour ; below more clear ; a 
white collar ; labial plates whitish, bordered with brown. 
S. 142 + 74. Total length 16 inches. Like the pre- 
ceding, from Japan. 
11. Tropidonotus Stolatus. Size a little larger, 
and form less delicate, than the last ; physiognomy recalls 
that of T. subminiatus. Above deep olive-brown, re- 
lieved by a reticular design formed by two yellow rays, 
intersected by black bands, and marked at the angles with 
^ [This species is omitted in the Synoptic Table, but it is described 
moi’e fully in the descriptive part of M. Scitlegel’s work, — Tr.] 
