278 Zoological Society. 



Tropidonotus M(estus. Tro. superne triste olwaceo-nigrians 

 subtusjlavus. 



Scuta abdominalia 138. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 77. 

 Habitat . Bengal. 



Dull blackish olive-colour above ; yellow beneath. 

 Vernacular name, Kalla Mittallee. 



Tropidonotus surgeks. Tro. Icete olivaceo-viridis, abdomne 

 Jlavo lined nigra serrafd utrinque inclaso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 148. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 23. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Bright greenish-olive ; the abdominal surface with a black ser- 

 rated line on either side. 

 Vernacular name, Bahr. 



Tropidonotus plumbicolor. Tro. supra plumbeus, fascia sagit- 

 tatd occipitali nigra el alba fasciisque nigris serratis trans- 

 versalibus, squamis alte carinatis tectus, mento alboy abdondne 

 plumbeo. 



Scuta abdominalia 162. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 51. 

 Habitat. Malwa (Saugor). 



Lead-coloured above, with an occipital arrow-shaped black and 

 white band, and with black serrated transversal bands, covered with 

 sharply-keeled scales ; the chin white ; the abdominal surface lead- 

 coloured. 



Genus Cerberus, Cuvier. 



Cerberus cinereus. Cerb. superne cinereus fasciis nigris trans- 

 versalibus, subtus albicans fascia nigra undulatd. 

 Scuta abdominalia 143. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 59. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Ash-coloured above, with black transverse bands ; beneath whitii^h, 

 with a black undulated band. 

 Vernacular name, Jal Ginthea. 



Genus Homalopsis, Kuhl. 

 HoMALOPSis OLiVACEUs. Hom. superne olivacens lineis nigris 

 inter squamas variegatus, abdomine albicante, lined medid nigrd 

 diviso, vittd albo-virescenti utrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 167. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 7 1 . 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Olive-coloured above, variegated with black lines between the 

 scales ; the abdominal surface whitish, divided in the middle by a 

 black line, and with a greenish-white band on either side. 

 Vernacular name, Metillee. 



" The descriptions and figures of these serpents were made in India 

 in 1835, 1836, and 1837. For the specimens from Asam I am in- 

 debted to the kindness of the eminent botanist Mr. William Griffith : 



