ZAMENIS. 327 



oreal as deep as long or a little deeper than long ; one prseocular, 

 with a small subocular below ; two postoculars, with a larger sub- 

 ocular below ; rarely a third subocular completely separates the 

 eye from the labials; temporals 2 + 3; 9 upper labials, fifth 

 normally entering the eye ; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields longer than 

 the anterior, but extremely narrow and separated from each other 

 by two or three series of scales. Scales perfectly smooth, in 19 

 rows. Yentrals angulate laterally, 193-212 ; anal divided; sub- 

 caudals 85-110. Yellowish or pale grey above, with a dorsal series 

 of transverse black spots or cross-bands, between each pair of which 

 there is a black lateral spot extending on to the outer border of the 

 ventrals ; a black spot below the eye and another on the temple ; 

 lower parts white. 



Total length 2 feet 5 inches ; tail 7'5 inches. 



ffab. Turkestan, North-eastern Persia, Afghanistan, Baluchistan. 



401. Zamenis gracilis. 



Zamenis gracilis, Giinth. A. M. N. H. (3) ix, 1862, p. 125 ; id. Sept. 

 B. 1. p. 254, pi. xxi, fig. II ; Theob. Cat. p. 170 ; Murray, Zool. 

 Sind, p. 378. 



Snout obtuse ; rostral nearly as deep as broad, just visible from 

 above ; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that 

 between the prsefrontals ; frontal slightly longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, nearly as long as the occipitals ; loreal 

 nearly as deep as long ; one prseocular, with a small subocular 

 below; two postoculars ; temporals 2+2; 9 upper labials, fifth 

 and sixth entering the eye; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields as long as or 

 longer than the anterior, separated anteriorly by two scales. Scales 

 smooth, in 21 rows. Ventrals angulate laterally, 213-228 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 118-121. Yellowish above, with a series of 

 large round brown spots edged with black, separated by narrow 

 interspaces ; these spots become more indistinct on the posterior 

 part of the body ; a black cross-band on the snout and three angu- 

 lar dark brown black-edged bands on the head, the anterior between 

 the eye, the posterior extending on to the nape ; lower parts yel- 

 lowish, \\ith an irregular series of black spots on each side. 



Total length 33 inches ; tail 10. 



Hab. Deccan and Sind. 



402. Zamenis fasciolatus. 



Ittissell, Ind. Serp. i, pi. xxi. 



Coluber fasciolatus, Shaw, Zool. iii, p. 528 ; Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 



1847, p. 919. 



Coluber curvirostris, Cantor, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 51. 

 Zamenis fasciolatus, Giinth. Sept. B. I. p. 254, pi. xxi, fig. F ; 



Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 431 ; Theob. Cat. p. 170. 



Snout obtuse, curved and prominent ; rostral large, broader than 



