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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 889 Subfamily DIPSADOMORPHINJE. 67. DlPSADOMORPHUS MULTIMACULATUS, Boie. Bipsas multlmaculata, Cantor, p. 76. Bipsadomorphus multlmaculatus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 63. Cantor mentions this species from the hills of Penang and the Peninsula. Hab. Southern China, Indo-China, Burma, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 68. DIPSADOMORPHUS GOKOOL, Gray. Bipsas cynodon, part., Cantor, p. 77. Bipsadomorphus gokool, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 64. Cantor obtained one specimen on Penang Hill. Hab. Bengal, Assam, and Malay Peninsula. 69. DIPSADOMORPHUS DEN DROPHILUS, Boie. Bipsas dendrophlla, Cantor, p. 76. Bipsadomorphus dendrophilus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 70. Cantor records this species from Penang, Singapore, and the Peninsula ; Stoliczka found it in the collection he got from Penang and Province Wellesley, and there are specimens in the British Museum from Singapore. I obtained two large specimens at Kota Star, Kedah; length 1750 and 2310 mm. The yellow markings were very bright and distinct. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 70. DIPSADOMORPHUS JASPIDEUS, D. & B. Dipsadomorphus jaspideus, Boul.Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 73 ; F. Midler, Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. ]882, p. 151. There is a specimen from Penang in the Bale Museum. Hab. Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Java. 71. DIPSADOMORPHUS DRAPIEZII, Boie. Bipsadomorphus drapiezii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 74. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Malacca from Mr. Hervey, also one from Singapore. 1 saw one specimen in the jungle on Bukit Tinah, Singapore: ventrals 276, subcaudals 156 ; length 1524 mm. Hab. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 72. DIPSADOMORPHUS CYNODON, Boie. Bipsas cgnodon, part., Cantor, p. 77. Bipsadomorphus cynodon, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 78. Cantor obtained this species in Province Wellesley. Stoliczka mentions Bipsas cynodon as being in the collection wdiich he got from Penang and Province Wellesley. There are specimens in the |