COLUBEB. 333 



cross bauds ; lower parts yellowish, the outer part of the margin 

 of each ventral shield blackish. 



Total length 4 feet ; tail 9 inches. 



Hab. Himalayas, from Ladak to Sikhim. 



409. Coluber taeniurus. 



Elapkis tieimirus, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 565 ; Giinth. Rcj)t. 



B. 1. p. 242 ; Strauch, Mem. Ac. St. Petersb. xxi, No. 4, p. 103 ; 



Boukny. A. M. N. H. (5) xix, 1887, p. 170. 

 Elaphis yunuanensis, Anders, An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 813. 

 Elaphis grabowskyi, Fischer, Arch./. Nat. 1885, p. 59, pi. iv, fig. 3. 



liostral broader than deep, visible from above ; suture between 

 the interuasals much shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little 

 shorter, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 longer than deep ; one large praeocular, usually with a small sub- 

 ocular below it; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2-\- 3 ; usually 

 9 upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye; 5 or 6 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as the posterior or a little longer. Scales in 23 or '25 rows, 

 dorsals feebly keeled. Veutrals 230-284 ; anal usually divided ; 

 subcaudals 90-107. Grey-brown or olive above, head and nape 

 uniform ; a black stripe on each side of the head, passing through 

 the eye ; anterior half of back with black transverse lines or net- 

 work, posterior portion with a pale vertebral stripe between two 

 broad black ones ; belly yellowish anteriorly, greyish behind ; 

 a black stripe along each side of the posterior part of the belly 

 and along each side of the tail, separated from the upper lateral 

 stripe by a whitish streak. 



Grows to 5 1 feet, the tail measuring one foot. 



Hal. This snake has an extremely wide range, being on record 

 from Mautchuria, China, Darjeeling, Cochin China, Siain, Borneo, 

 and Sumatra. 



410. Coluber radiatus. 



Russell, 2nd. Serp. ii, pi. xlii. 



Coluber radiatus, Schley. Phya. Serf), ii, p. 135, pi. v, tigs. 5, ; 



Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 920. 

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

 Tropidonotus quinque, Cantor, 1. c. p. 54. 

 Compsosoma radiatum, Dutn. fy Bwr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 292 ; Giinth. 



Rept. B. I. p. 243 ; Theob. Cat. p. 1(55 ; Anders. An. Zool. Res. 



Yunnan, p. 815. 



liostral broader than deep, visible from above ; suture between 

 the interuasals shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little shorter, 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal usually longer than deep ; one 

 large prseocular ; two postoculars ; temporals usually 2 + 2; 8 or 

 9 upper labials, third to fifth, or fourth and fifth, or fourth to sixth 



