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Show 218 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON REPTILES [Feb. 1, one on biting longitudinal bands. It may be remarked that the distribution of colour appears to be very characteristic of the different foi - of Cylindrophis. But there are also structural peculiarities by which the present form is separated from all previously describee In the common species, C. rufus, all the head-shields are proportionally shorter, the frontals are broader than long, and the distance between the eyes more than the length of the snout. The ventral shields also are considerably less developed. In C. melanonotus the vertical is still longer than in the sides of that shield behind the lateral angles com less rapidly, and the occipitals are much smaller, e^ half the size of the vertical. The coloration, tocg the back being uniformly dark brown. In C. maculatus, the only other species C. melanonotus, is bell-shaped instead^ occipitals are proportionally larger, size; the frontals are sometimes^ dorsal coloration consists of twj each side of the median dorss brown. The different species ofi A. The width between t eye to the end of t 1. Cylindrophis rufu 2. C. melanonotus. B. The width between eye to the end of 3. C. maculatus. A. C. lineatus. B OXYCALAMUS LON Calamaria longicep fig. 1. Oxycalamus longic liczka, J. A. S. B. 18 Two specimens of 7 inches respectively. and Stoliczka ; but it trals 143 in one, 128 Both specimens h head ; and one has a extending to the occ Stoliczka in a Penang SlMOTES DENNYSI, S Scales in 21 rows. G chinensis1 and S. caten{ 1 Gunther, Rept. B 3 Stoliczka, J. A. S. |