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Show 1899.] REPTILES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 679 white, with a series of small black spots along each side ; the belly gradually shades to a very rich lemon-yellow on each side, where the dark upper markings commence abruptly. The under surface of the tail is extensively marked with very dark brown. Young specimens from Kedah were marked as above, but the chocolate-brown cross-bands were darker, the interspaces bright yellow-ochre, and the whole lower surface lemon-yellow (cf. Cantor, p. 96). Hab. Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 165. CERBERUS RHYNCHOPS (Schn.). Cerberus rhynchops, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 16; S. Plower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 888. Localities. Recorded from Penang, Singapore, and Kuala Lumpor (E. Hanitsch, Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10). I have also obtained it from Johore Bahru, and from Alor Star, Kedah. Habits. I can only confirm Cantor's remarks : " In the Malayan countries this species occurs in numbers in rivers, estuaries, and. . sea-coasts. It feeds upon fishes. It is of peaceful habits." Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, Lower Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Engario, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Linga, Java, Elores, Sumba, Borneo (I obtained six specimens at Brunei), Celebes, N". Ceram, Philippines, and the Pelew Islands. 166. EORDONIA LEUCOBALIA (Schleg.). Homalopsis leucobalia, Cantor, p. 102. Fordonia leucobalia, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 21. Dr. Hanitsch obtained a specimen in Singapore in October 1898. Hab. Rivers and coasts of Bengal, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Cochinchina, Nicobars, Java, Borneo, JST. Ceram, New Guinea, North Australia. 167. CANTORIA VIOLACEA GHr. Gantoria violacea, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 23. A specimen of this very rare snake was caught in the town of Singapore in August 1898 and sent to the Raffles Museum; Dr. Hanitsch very kindly submitted it to me for identification. Ventral shields 284 (last divided). Anal divided. Subcaudals double, 52. Scales in 19 rows. Length 1220 mm. The white transverse bands were very narrow. Hab. Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 168. HIPISTES HYDRINUS (Cantor). Homalopsis hydrina, Cantor, p. 104, pl. xl. fig. 4. Hipistes hydrinus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 24. Recorded from the coasts of Penang and Kedah, and from Singapore. The British Museum Catalogue mentions a specimen 44* |