DIPSAS. 359 



445. Dipsas barnesii. 



Dipsas barnesii, Gilnth. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 506, pi. xl, fig. 2 ; Thcob. 

 Cat. p. 195; 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth scarcely larger than the 

 posterior. Eye large, as long as the snout. Rostral as deep as 

 broad ; internasals much shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a lit! le shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal a little longer than deep ; three prae- 

 and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 3 or 2 + 3; upper labials 8, 

 fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are nearly as long as the posterior. 

 Body strongly compressed ; scales in 19 rows, scarcely oblique, 

 vertebrals very feebly enlarged. Ventrals 220 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 99. Grey-brown above, with lighter black-edged trans- 

 verse spots ; a series of black spots along each side, near the ven- 

 trals ; a blackish band behind the eye ; labial sutures blackish ; 

 lower parts whitish, powdered with brown. 



Total length 22 inches ; tail 5. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



446. Dipsas ceylonensis. 



Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis, Gilnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 176. 



Dipsas multifasciata, Blyth, J. A. 8. B. xxix, 1860, p. 114; Stoliczka, 



J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, pt. 2, p. 199, pi. xi, fig. 6, and xl, 1871, 



pt. 2, p. 440. 

 Dipsas ceylonensis, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 314, pi. xxiii, fig. 13 ; 



Theob. Cat. p. 196. 



Dipsas hexagonata, part., Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 185. 

 Dipsas nuchalis, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 233. 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth scarcely larger than the 

 posterior. Eye shorter than the snout. Eostral a little broader 

 than deep ; internasals shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal square or deeper than long ; one or two 

 prseoculars, reaching the upper surface of the head ; two post- 

 oculars ; temporals small, scale-like, 2 + 3 or 3 + 3 ; upper labials 

 8, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; 4 lower labials in con- 

 tact with the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the 

 posterior. Body strongly compressed ; scales in 19 or 21 rows, 

 not very oblique ; scales of the vertebral row much enlarged, in 

 the middle of the body nearly as broad as long. Ventrals 214-249 ; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 90-117. Brown or greyish above, with 

 a series of blackish transverse spots or bands ; nape w ith a black- 

 ish blotch, or three blackish longitudinal streaks, or a transverse 

 bar ; a more or less distinct brown streak from the eye to the angle 

 of the mouth ; lower parts yellowish, dotted with brown, usually 

 with a lateral series of brown spots. 



Total length 4 feet ; tail 10 inches. 



Hob. Western Himalayas, hills of the west coast of India ; 

 Ceylon. 



