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fourth is divided transversely into an upper and a lower portion. Temporals irregular in form 

 and number ; one is in contact with the postoculars. Two pairs of chin-shields, the posterior 

 being rather longer than the anterior. The fifth maxillary tooth and the two anterior teeth 

 of the mandible are prolonged. Males bright green, females bronze-coloui-ed ; skin between 

 the scales black ; a yellowish line with a greenish inner edge runs along each side of the 

 abdomen. 



We have received several specimens from the Anamallay Mountains through Captain B. 

 H. Beddome ; an adult female with mature eggs measures only 26 inches m length, the 

 tail being 8 inches. 



Teagops fronticinctus. (Plate XXIII. fig. E.) 



Dryiophis fronticinctus, Giinth. Colubr. Snakes, p. 158. 



Scales on the back keeled, in fifteen rows, those of the vertebral series scarcely larger than 

 the others. Ventrals 190; anal bifid; subcaudals 140. Rostral shield small, oblique, flat, 

 semicircular, not extending on to the upper surface of the head. Nasal shield single, much 

 elongate, pointed behind, and joiiaing its fellow of the other side, so as to separate the rostral 

 from the anterior frontals, forming a sort of frontlet ; the nostril is in its hind part. Both 

 frontals much longer than broad, the anterior pointed in front. Vertical bell-shaped, elongate ; 

 supraciliaries long, slightly arched; occipitals rather narrow. Two loreals; one (to three) 

 prseorbitals, reaching the vertical. Seven or eight upper labials ; some of the anterior are 

 always divided into two horizontal portions : in one specimen the two foremost are simple ; 

 the third, fourth, and fifth are di\ided, portions of the fifth forming additional praeoculars ; 

 the sixth is very long, and forms the greater part of the lower edge of the orbit ; the seventh 

 and eighth elongate. Two postoculars; temporals irregular, small, always two in contact 

 with the postoculars. Each maxillary is armed with ten widely-set teeth, the fourth of which 

 is enlarged, the last being grooved ; the two or three anterior teeth of each mandible much 

 longer than the following. Uniform grass-green above, paler below, with a yellow band 

 along each side of the belly. 



Since the first publication of this species, I have ascertained that the collection, of which 

 the typical specimens formed part, was not made in the West Indies (as was then believed), 

 but in the East Indies, and as all the species contained in it belong to the fauna of British 

 India, I cannot hesitate to admit it mto this work, although I have never met with any other 

 example, nor do I know from what part of the East Indies it came. The length of the 

 longest of the three specimens is 36 inches, the tail measuring 10^ inches. 



