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Show 892 MR. s. s. FLOWER ON THE REPTILES AND [Dec. 1, 84. HYDROPHIS TORQUATUS, Gthr. Hydrus nigrocinctus, Cantor, p. 128. Hydrophis torquatus, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 283. Cantor gives as locality of this species " sea of Malayan Peninsula, Penang, and Singapore." Hab. Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca. 85. DISTIRA STOKESII, Gray. Dlstlra stokesii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 288 (skull fig. p. 286). There are specimens in the British Museum from Singapore. Blanford mentions two specimens (one 1626 mm. long) from Singapore (P. Z. S. 1881, p. 215). Hab. Indian Ocean, Straits of Malacca, and north coast of Australia. 86. DISTIRA BRUGMANSII, Boie. Hydrus strlatus, part., Cantor, p. 126. Bistira brugmansii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 292. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Dr. Cantor. Hab. Persian Gulf, coasts of India and Burma, Straits of Malacca, and the Malay Archipelago. 87. DISTIRA CYANOCINCTA, Daud. Hydrus strlatus, part., Cantor, p. 126. Dlstlra cyanocincta, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 294. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore. Hab. From the Persian Gulf and the coasts of India to China, Japan, and Papuasia. 88. DISTIRA JERDONII, Gray. Hydrus nigrocinctus, var., Cantor, p. 129, pl. xl. fig. 8. Dlstlra jerdonii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 299. There is a specimen in the British Museum from Penang from Dr. Cantor. Hab. Bay of Bengal, Straits of Malacca, and Borneo. 89. ENHYDRIS HARDWICKII, Gray. Hydrus pelamldoldes, Cantor, p. 133. Enhydris hardwickii, Boul. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 301. Cantor mentions " sea of Malayan Peninsula and Islands " among the localities of this species. Giinther (Rept. Brit. India, p. 380) says of the typical specimen of Hydrophis hardwickii, " several circumstances lead me to suppose it was procured at Penang." There are two specimens in the British Museum from Singapore from Mr. Swinhoe. Hab. From the Bay of Bengal to the Chinese Sea aud New Guinea. |
