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Show 688 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 194. DISTIRA CYANOCINCTA (Daud.). Hydrus striatus, part., Cantor, p. 126. Distira cyanocincta, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 294. Hab. From the Persian Gulf and the coasts of India to China, Japan, and Papuasia. 195. DISTIRA JERDONII (Gray). Hydrus nigrocinctus, var., Cantor, p. 129, pl. xl. fig. 8. Distira jerdonii, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 299. This is apparently a very rare species. Cantor obtained " a single individual, captured in a fishing-stake off Pinang," during his four years in the Straits of Malacca, and it does not seem to have been observed again since his time. Hab. Bay of Bengal, Straits of Malacca, Borneo. 196. ENHYDRIS HARDWICKII (Gray). Hydrus pelamidoides, Cantor, p. 133. Enhydris hardwickii, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 301. Cantor obtained four specimens during four years in the Straits of Malacca. It is recorded from " Bangkok" (Hanitsch, Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10). Hab. Bay of Bengal, Straits of Malacca, China Sea, and sea of the Malay Archipelago as far east as New Guinea. 197. ENHYDRINA VELAKADIEN (Boie). Hydrus schistosus, Cantor, p. 132. Enhydrina velakadien, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 302. Siamese. " Ngu chai-tong." Cantor writes of this species :-" Incredibly numerous in the Bay of Bengal, at Pinang and Singapore, far more so than any known terrestrial serpent. The fishing-nets are hardly ever worked but one or more are among the contents." The British Museum has a specimen from Siam presented by W . H. Newman, Esq., and there is one in the Siamese Museum from the Gulf of Siam, 933 mm. in total length. Hab. From the Persian Gulf, along the coasts of India, Burma, Siam, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, to Papuasia. 198. AIPYSURUS EYDOUXI (Gray). Aipysurus eydouxii, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 304. Aipysurus eydouxi, S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 893. The occurrence of this species on the coast of the Malay Peninsula was doubtful, but we now know it to be found at Singapore, as I obtained a specimen caught on some flooded land near the Serangoon Road in 1896. Length about 500 mm. Hab. Coasts of Singapore, Java, and the Philippines. 199. PLATURUS LATIOAUDATUS (L.). Platurus fischeri, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 356, pl. xxv. fig. A. |