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Show 1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OP CELEBES. 227 Valley; Buol; Matinang Mts., near Buol, 1700 feet; south of L. Posso, 2000 feet. Togian Islands (Meyer). 78. DRYOPHIS PRASINUS, Boie. Five specimens: Kema, Macassar, Marapo E. near Batulappa. Manado, Macassar (Meyer). Manado, Kandari (Beccarl, Bruljn). S. Celebes, 2000 feet (Everett). 79. CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA, Shaw. Six specimens : Kema, Marissa, Posso. These specimens have been referred by Midler to C. rhodopleuron. The markings become very indistinct or disappear in the adult. Two of the specimens have the scales in 15 rows. Young pale brownish above, with black and yellow bars on the head and nape, a chain of small black spots along the vertebral line and a series of transverse vermilion spots on the posterior part of the body; ventrals and subcaudals pale olive, with black lateral keels. Gorontalo, Macassar (Meyer). Manado, Kandari (Bruljn, Beccari). ELAPINcE. 80. BUNGARUS CANDIDUS, L. Manado (Meyer). 81. NAIA BUNGARUS, Schleg. A single young specimen, black above, wdth narrow angular yellow cross-bars, barred black and yellow beneath, was obtained by the Drs. Sarasin in Minahassa, at the foot of the Soputan volcano. 82. DOLIOPHIS INTESTINALIS, Laur. Manado (Meyer). VlPERIDcE. 83. LACHESIS WAGLERI, Boie. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) Five specimens: Bone Valley, 650-1000 feet, Sonder, and between L. Posso and Tomini Gulf. The three specimens from the Bone Valley belong to the typical form, green, wdth white blue- or purple-edged transverse lines. The two others form remarkable colour-varieties. The specimen from Minahassa is green above, with large brick-red black-edged spots; white beneath, with black spots and marblings powdered with brick-red. The specimen from Central Celebes (figured Pl. XV.) is green on the head, with red spots and a red lateral stripe; the body is annulate with red, the annuli edged with white and separated by narrower green interspaces; a red stripe extends along the middle of the body ; end of tail red. Minahassa (Meyer). Kandari (Beccarl). 15* |