SNAKES FROM TEE KHASI HILLS, ASSAM. 



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Fig. A 



Lycodon. 

 fasciatits. 

 C x 3) 



All my specimens were annulated with black in their entire length, 

 the bands numbering from 32 to 38 on the body and 15 to 20 on the 

 tail. The black is glossy, and many of the anterior, and posterior 

 bands are complete ventrally. They are broader anteriorly, involving 

 about 9 or 10 scales vertebrally ; narrower posteriorly, involving 3 

 or 4 scales. Their outlines are very irregular, though well defined, 

 and the intervals are wheat or dove coloured. In colouration it 

 very closely resembles members of the genus Dinodon, with most 

 of which I am very familiar. It especially reminds me of 

 D. japonicus. 



Zaocys nigromarginatus. 



One specimen only, a very fine $ 6 feet 6£ inches long ; the tail 

 1 foot 11 inches. Ventrals, 201. Subcaudals, 130 (?) (the tail perhaps 

 slightly docked). The scales were 16 anteriorly, 16 in midbody, and 

 14 posteriorly. The reduction from 16 to 14 arose from a confluence 

 of the 2nd and 3rd rows above the ventrals, and occurred very close 

 to the mid point of the body. 



The secretion of the anal glands was blackish, an unusual colour I 

 have hitherto only seen in the Kraits (Bungarus). 



It is difficult to realise from museum specimens the extreme beauty 

 and brilliancy of colouring of many snakes in life, and this forcibly 

 applies in the present instance. My specimen was a bright green of 



