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It is one of the commonest snakes about Shillong, and appears to 

 be restricted mainly, if not entirely, to upland regions. Out of some 

 two or three hundred snakes collected by me in Dibrugarh not one 

 representative of this species has reached me as yet. 



I encountered two examples alive, but both, though active and 

 making every endeavour to escape, did not bite me, nor the stick laid 

 over them when effecting capture. 



Tropidonotus parallelus. 



I acquired but one of this seemingly upland species, which ap- 

 pears to be as uncommon as it is localised. This was a 9 2 feet 

 4 inches long, the tail 1\ inches. The ventrals are 163, subcaudals 

 80. Preeoculars 2. Temporals 2 anterior. Scales 19 anteriorly, 19 



Trohidonolus Karallelus 

 (x Z) 



in midbody, 17 posteriorly. The reduction in rows from 19 to 17 is 

 effected by the coalescence of the 3rd and 4th above the ventrals. 

 The dorsal pale bands are not very conspicuous. The underparts are 

 bright yellow. 



Tropidonotus Jchasiensis. 

 Eleven specimens, 3 <*, 4 9 and 4 not sexed of this snake which 

 is only known from the Khasi Hills* came to bag. The largest was 

 a $ 2 feet 2| inches. Ventrals $ 153 to 155, 9 148 to 155. Sub- 

 caudals $ 91 to 96, 9 ^ io 89. Preeoculars single in all. Scales 

 19 anteriorly, 19 in midbody, 17 posteriorly. The reduction from 



Amandale records it with doubt from Burma (Jourl. Asiat. £ oc. Eengal., 1E05, p. 210). 



