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in between the 2nd and 3rd labials. There are 224 ventrals and 72 

 sub-caudals. Length 362 m.m. Tail 68 m.m. 



The colouration is strikingly handsome and has been rightly described 

 by Annandale as a magnificent species. 



Calamaria pavimenfala. 



The specimen was presented by Mrs. Jackson, and was obtained at Tura 

 on the Gaw Hills, Assam. The lepidopsis agrees with the description in the 

 fauna of British India. Reptilia, p. 282, except in the number of ventrals 

 which is 186 in the present species. 



The coloration is a deep iridescent brown above each scale having a 

 lighter mottled centre. The lops are yellowish speckled with brown. The 

 belly is uniform yellow. The pair of yellow spots at the base and another at 

 the end of the tail mentioned by Boulenger are not in evidence in the 

 present specimen. 



The marking of the sub-caudals with a dark median line is in agreement 

 with Burmese and Javan forms. The finding of this snake in Assam 

 definitely establishes a record ; its occurrence there being hitherto regarded 

 as doubtful. 



Bungarus cceruleus, color variation. 



The snake was presented by Major Shaw, it was taken at Yerawda 

 Poona. 



It is distinguished by the complete absence of the white transverse arches 

 which characterise the coloration of the species. 



The whole dorsal region is a uniform deep purplish brown, as in Bungarus 

 lividus. 



On close examination a trace of white may be recognised in two faint 

 irregular longitudinal lines along the flanks formed by the lower borders of 

 the 4th and sometimes oth transverse row of costals being edged with white. 



These lines are not apparent except in close inspection. They are more 

 in evidence on the mid-body and are completely absent on the tail. 



Bungarus cceruleus. An abnormal specimen. 



The specimen was presented by Capt. C. M. Ingoldby, R.A.M.C., and was 

 taken by him in Jullundur, Punjab. The enlargement of the median row 

 of scales so characteristic of the krait is in the present specimen repeatedly 

 interrupted by the breaking up of the median scale into or sometimes 3 

 separate scales. 



The lepidopsis is quite normal till the 48th transverse row of costals is 

 reached here. The median enlarged scale breaks up into 3 scale 3 giving 

 oft' an extra right and left lateral scale and converting the row into one of 

 17 instead of the normal 15 scales. The next transverse row is again normal 

 and is followed by one containing 16 scales; in this instance the median 

 scale only breaks up into two, giving an extra scale to the laterals on the 

 right side. Continuing we find the costals arranged in an alternating series 

 of 16 and 17 scale rows with an occasional return to the usual series of 15 

 rows, this arrangement persisting throughout the entire length of the 

 snake. 



In the rows where the costals number 17, the median scale is equal to or 

 sometimes smaller than the laterals ; when the number is 16 the enlargement 

 is somewhat maintained. 



The arrangement, size and number of the costals being an important 

 feature in the identification of the kraits, this instance of a departure from 

 the normal is perhaps worthy of a record. 



S. H. PRATER. 

 Bombay Natural History Society's Museum, 

 January 1919. 



