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white on the anterior part of the body, which appears striped when 

 distended ; a yellow line along each side of the lower surface. 



Total length 5 feet ; tail 2. 



Hob. Ceylon, Southern India, Deccan, Northern Circars, Bengal, 

 Khasi Hills, Burma. A very gentle snake, generally found on 

 bushes or high grass. 



462. Dryophis pulverulentus. 



Dryinus pulverulentus, Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. G6n. vii, p. 812. 

 Dryophis pulverulentus, Jon, Icon. Ophid. 32, pi. v, tig. 1. 

 Passerita purpurascens, GiintJi. Rept. B. I. p. 300, pi. xxiii, fig. F ; 

 Theob. Caf. p. 194. 



Snout pointed, terminating in a dermal appendage which is 

 longer than the eye, formed below by the rostral, and covered above 

 with numerous small scales or warts ; the length of the snout, 

 without the dermal appendage, more than twice the diameter of 

 the eye. Xasals in contact behind the rostral appendage, or nar- 

 rowly separated ; no loreal ; interuasals and praefrontals in contact 

 with the labials ; frontal as long as its distance from the nasals, as 

 long as the parietals or a little longer ; two prseoculars, with one 

 subocular below, the upper praeocular in contact with the frontal ; 

 two postoculars; temporals 2 + 3 or 2 + 2; upper labials 8, fifth 

 entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Ventrals 182-194; anal divided; subcaudals 154-173. Greyish, 

 powdered with brown, with blackish transverse spots above ; a dark 

 brown rhomboidal spot on the upper surface of the head, and a 

 brown baud on each side, passing through the eye. 



Total length 5 feet 10 inches ; tail 2 feet 4 inches. 



Hab. Ceylon and Anaimalai Hills (2000 feet). 



Genus CHRYSOPELEA, 

 Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 520. 



Maxillary teeth 20, subequal, the last three longer and grooved ; 

 anterior niandibular teeth longest. Head distinct from neck, 

 elongate ; eye rather large, with round pupil ; head-shields normal. 

 Body elongate, compressed ; scales smooth, equal, in 15 or 17 rows, 

 with apical pits ; ventrals with suture-like lateral keel and a notch 

 on each side corresponding to the keel. Tail long ; subcaudals in 

 two rows. 



Distribution. East Indies. Two or three species are known, one 

 of which occurs in India, Ceylon, and Burma. 



463. Chrysopelea ornata. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. ii, pi. ii. 



Coluber ornatus, Shaw, Zool. iii, p. 477. 



