292 COLUBRID^E. 



Synopsis of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese fijpwttt. 



A. Scales smooth, iu 17 rows ; subcaudals usually in 



two rows. 



a. Ventrals not angulate ; suout uot spatulate ; 



anal divided. 



a'. 8 upper labials L. striatus, p. 292. 



b'. 9 or 10 upper labials L.jara, p. 292. 



b. Ventrals laterally angulate. 



a'. Two loreals ; snout not spatulate ; anal entire ; [p. 293. 



eye rather large. . . L. anamallensis, 



b'. One loreal ; snout broad, much depressed, 



spatidate. [p. 293. 



a". Anal entire L. tmvancoricus, 



b". Anal divided L. aidieus, p. 294. 



c'. No loreal L. atropurpureus, 



B. Scales keeled. [p. 294. 



a. Scales in 17 rows. [p. 295. 

 '. Posterior chin-shields shorter than anterior . L. septentiionalis, 

 b'. Posterior chin-shields longer than anterior. . L. fasciatus, 



b. Scales in 19 rows. [p. 295. 

 a'. Subcaudals in two rows ; only scales of the 



9 dorsal rows keeled L. yaimniei, p. 290. 



b'. Subcaudals single ; scales strongly keeled . . L. cwW?Ms,p.29(5. 



347. Lycodon striatus. 



Russell, Ltd. Sei-p. i, pi. xvi. 



Coluber striatus, Skate, Zool. iii, p. 527. 



Lycodou striatus, Gimth. Kept. B. I. p. 318 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. 



xxxix, 1870, p. 200; Anders. P.Z.S. 1871, p. 187; Thcob. Cut. 



p. 199 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 384. 



Snout much depressed, slightly projecting; eye rather small. 

 Itostral much broader than long, just visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals or a 

 little shorter ; loreal elongate, not entering the eye ; one prseocular ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals small, 1 + 2 or 2 + 2 or 2+3; eight 

 upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 4 or 5 

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

 usually longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 rows. 

 Yentrals 153-178, not angulate laterally ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 42-62, in two rows. Dark brown or bfack above, with white trans- 

 verse spots or cross-bauds, which are widely separated anteriorly ; 

 sides lineolated with white, with a black spot corresponding to each 

 white cross-band ; upper lip and lower surface uniform white. 



Total length 17 inches ; tail 3. 



Hrib. From Sind, the Punjab, the North-Western Provinces, and 

 the hills below Simla to Southern India. 



348. Lycodon jara. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i, pi. xiy. 

 Coluber jara, Shaio, Zool. iii, p. 525. 



