CALLOPHIS. 385 



Rostral broader than long ; frontal as long as its distance from 

 the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; one prae- 

 and two postoculars ; a single temporal ; 7 upper labials, third and 

 fourth entering the eye ; anterior chin-shields as long as the pos- 

 terior or a little shorter, in contact with four labials. Scales in 13 

 rows. Ventrals 232-251 ; anal usually divided; subcaudals 33-44. 

 This species comprises four principal colour varieties, which are 

 connected by insensible gradations ; in all the head and nape are 

 black, with an oblique yellow band, sometimes broken up into spots, 

 on each side from the parietals to behind the angle of the mouth, 

 and the upper lip is yellow in front of and behind the eye ; lower 

 parts uniform red. 



A. Dark purplish brown above, with three or five longitudinal 



series of black, light-edged spots. 



B. The spots confluent and forming three longitudinal black 



bands edged with whitish. 



C. As in the preceding, but the black bands without light 



edges. 



D. Pale reddish brown or red above, with five black longitudinal 



bands. 



Total length 3| feet ; tail 4-5 inches. 



Hob. Bombay Hills (Karvvar), Wynaad, Nilgiris, Anaimalai and 

 Travancore Hills, 4000-6000 feet. 



477. Callophis macclellandii. 



Elaps macclellandii, Reinh. Calc. Journ. N. H. iv, 1844, p. 532 ; id. 



Vidensk. Meddel. 1860, p. 247. 



Elaps personatus, Blyth, J. A. S. B, xxiii, 1855, p. 208. 

 Elaps univirgatus, Glinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 231. 

 Callophis univirgatus, Gilnth. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 83, pi. xvii. 

 Callophis macclellandii, Gilnth. P. Z. S. 1801, p. 219 ; id. Kept. B. I. 



p. 349 ; Theob. Cat. p. 214. 

 Callophis annularis, Gilnth. Kept. B, I. p. 350, pi. xxiv, fig. J* ; 



Theob. 1. c. p. 212. 



Rostral broader than long ; frontal as long as its distance from 

 the end of the snout or a little longer, as long as the parietals ; 

 one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; upper labials 7, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of small subequal 

 chin-shields, anterior in contact with 3 labials. Scales in 13 rows. 

 Ventrals 182-224; anal divided; subcaudals 25-34. Reddish 

 brown above, with regular, equidistant, black, light-edged trans- 

 verse bars or rings ; belly yellowish, with black cross bands or 

 quadrangular spots. A variety from Nepal and Darjeeling (C. 

 univiryata, Gthr.) is distinguished by the presence of a black verte- 

 bral line ; the transverse bars are replaced by transverse spots or 

 are altogether absent. 



Total length 26 inches ; tail 2-3. 



Hab. Nepal, Sikhim, Assam, Burma, Southern China. 



* Ail anomalous specimen with six labials on one side. 



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