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Show 682 « tMR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [May 16, 178. DRYOPHIS PRASINUS Boie. Dryophis prasinus, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 180; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, p. 890. • " Ular poocbo " of the Malays of Kedah. " Ngu kee-o pah-king-kop " of the Siamese (this term is also applied to Dryophis mycterizans). I have obtained this elegant Tree-Snake from Alor Star, Kedah, from Penang (sea-level to 2500 feet), from Johore Bahru, and from Singapore ; and seen specimens from Selangor and Pahang. Habits. Cantor says of this species, " The very young ones are as gentle as those of a more advanced age are ferocious." However, a specimen 1314 mm. in length (that is to say an average-sized adult) we kept in captivity for three months was always most gentle and never attempted to escape, living at liberty in the drawing-room, usually among the leaves of a small palm which stood on a table, but sometimes going to the window to bask in the sun; and larger specimens even when first caught were perfectly gentle and tame. Hab. Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Cambodia, Lower Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Java, Lombok, Great Natuna, Borneo (I obtained a specimen at Kudat), Celebes, Ternate, Philippines. 179. DRYOPHIS MYCTERIZANS (L.). Dryophis mycterizans, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 182. The British Museum Catalogue mentions a specimen from Siam. I have seen five from Bangkok, the largest about 1200 mm. in length; this snake was as gentle as D. prasinus. Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, Siam. 180. DRYOPHIOPS RUBESCENS (Gray). Chrysopelea rubescens, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix. 1870, p. 195. Dryophiops rubescens, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 194. Hab. Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Sipora (Mentawei Islands), Sirhassen (Natuna Islands), Borneo. 181. CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA (Shaw). Chrysopelect ornata, Blgr. Cat. Snakes, iii. p. 196. The Ornate Tree-Snake is one of tne most beautiful and most frequently seen reptiles in Siam and the Malay Peninsula. Localities. Var. A : Cantor and Stoliczka record it from Penang, where I obtained two specimens at sea-level and saw a third in Mr. Van Sommeren's collection caught on the hill at an elevation of 2500 feet. It is also known from Kulim in Kedah (S. S. P.), Jelebu (Hanitsch), Kuala Lumpor (Van Sommeren coll.), and Singapore (Dennys, Hanitsch, Ridley, and S. S. F.). Var. D : The British Museum Catalogue mentions two specimens from Siam presented by Bowring and one from the Laos Mountains collected by Mouhot. I obtained 19 individuals in Bangkok, 2 at |