OLIGODON TEMPLETONII, 209 



Two specimens were collected in the Deccan by Colonel Sykes. Total length 14 inches, 

 of which the tail takes 2 inches. 



We have given figures of portions of the trunk and of the belly (D'), to show their colo- 

 ration, and a lateral view of the head (D). 



Oligodon sublineatus. 



Oligodon sublineatum, Dum. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 59. 



Scales in fifteen rows. Loreal distinct; one prseocular, two postoculars; seven uppe^ 

 labials, the third and fourth entering the orbit; temporals 1+2. Ventral shields 150 ; 

 subcaudals 32. Brownish olive : a brown spot below the eye ; a large brown blotch on each 

 side of the neck ; back mth pau's of rather small, transverse, brown, light-edged spots, those 

 of one side not exactly corresponding to those of the other. Each ventral shield with three 

 brown dots, the dots forming three punctated streaks ; tail with two similar series below. 



A small species (10 inches long), common in and peculiar to Ceylon. 



Oligodon affinis. (Plate XIX. figs. B, B'.) 



Oligodon affinis, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. Jan. 1862, p. 58. 



Scales in seventeen rows. Loreal none, confluent with posterior frontal ; one prseocular. 

 two postoculars; seven upper labials, the third and fourth entering the orbit; temporals 

 1-f 2. Ventral shields 134; subcaudals 25. The two angular bands on the head (usually 

 found in the species of this genus) and the nuchal band are joined by a broad median 

 longitudinal streak ; nuchal band very narrow, crescent-shaped. Body brownish grey ; back 

 crossed by about thirty-eight short black streaks not broader than half a scale. Belly 

 white, with subquadrangular black spots, both colours being distributed in nearly equal 

 proportions. 



This very fine species was discovered by Captain K. H. Beddome in the Anamallay Hills ; 

 a specimen measures 10^ inches, of which the tail takes 1| inch. We have given figures 

 of a part of the body and of the belly (B'), to show their coloration, and a side view of the 

 head (B). 



Oligodon templetonii. (Plate XIX. fig. C.) 



Oligodon templetonii, Giinth. Ann. S^- Mag. Nat. Hist. Jan. 1862, p. 57. 



Scales in fifteen rows. Loreal distinct; one prseocular, two postoculars; seven upper 



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