306 COLUBBIDJE. 



" Closely allied to A. baliodirus. Scales in 13 rows. Praeocular 

 one ; postoculars two, small ; loreal very small, much smaller thaii 

 postocular ; praefrontals broader than long ; upper labials 8, the 

 third, fourth, and fifth entering the orbit ; a long narrow temporal, 

 forming a suture with both postoculars and the sixth and seventh 

 labials ; seventh labial largest, more than twice as broad as the 

 temporal ; two pairs of chin-shields, the hinder rather larger than 

 the other, first in contact with 4 labials ; lower labials 7, fifth 

 largest. Colour above brown ; a few black dots on either side of 

 spine on the front part of the trunk ; a black mark under the eye, 

 followed by a white upright border involving the postoculars ; a 

 black-bordered white patch on the last upper labial, and a white 

 collar on the nape. Beneath white." 



Hob. Martaban. 



369. Ablabes frenatus. 



Dipsas mouticola (non Cant.), Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, 1854, p. 204. 

 Cvcloplris frenatus, Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 120 ; id. Rtpt. It. I. 



p. 230, pi. xix, fig. J ; Jerdon, P. A. S. B. 1870, p. 80 ; Anders. 



P. Z. S. 1871, p. 188 ; Theob. Cat. p. 157. 



Kostral broader than deep, visible from above ; nasal divided or 

 semidivided ; eye rather large, three fourths the length of the snout : 

 suture between the internasals shorter than that between the praj- 

 f routals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 about two thirds the length of the parietals ; loreal small, as long 

 as deep or a little longer ; one prseocular ; two postoculars, only the 

 upper in contact with the parietal; temporals 1 + 2, rarely 2 + 2 : 

 upper labials 7, third and fourth entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales iu 15 rows. Ventrals 151-163 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 87-96. Olive above, the scales on the anterior 

 part of the body black-edged ; a broad black band from the eye to 

 the nape, gradually narrowing and disappearing on the anterior 

 fourth of the body ; four light longitudinal narrow lines more or less 

 distinct on the front half of the body; lower surface uniform 

 yellow. 



Total length 27 inches ; tail 8. 



Hob. Khasi Hills ; Assam. The habitat " Mesopotamia and 

 Afghanistan " appears to me very doubtful. 



370. Ablabes dorise. 



Cyclopliiop dorise, Bouleny. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) vi, 1888, p. 59U, 

 pi. vi, fig. 1. 



Snout convex, profile curved from the frontal region to the lip ; 

 rostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; nostril between two 

 nasals : internasals a little shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal small, a little longer than deep ; a large praocular, 



