20 BUNGABUS CJERULEUS. 



Callophis Macclellandia. 



This species of callophis is described by Gunther as follows : — 

 " Upper labials, seven ; temporals, small, 1 + 1 + 1 ; anal bifid. Head 

 and neck black above, with a yellow cross band behind the eyes. Body 

 and tail reddish-brown, generally with a black vertebral line from the 

 nape to the tip of the tail. Belly yellowish, with black cross-bands or 

 quadrangular black spots." 



Varieties. — " a. Belly with uninterrupted black cross-bands, alter- 

 nately limited to the belly, or extending up the sides of the body, so as 

 to cover scales of the four outer rows, and give the appearance of a 

 lateral series of large black spots. The three last cross-bands of the 

 trunk form complete rings crossing the vertebral line ; tail with three 

 other black rings. This specimen is twenty-six and one-third inches 

 long ; tail, two and one-third inches ; ventrals, 218 ; sub-caudals, 28. 



" )3. Belly with quadrangular black spots, rather irregularly disposed, 

 and not extending up the sides. Tail without black rings. This speci- 

 men is eighteen inches long ; tail, one and a half inch ; ventrals, 224 ; 

 sub-caudals, 25. 



" y. The cross-bands reach entirely across the back, forming rings, 

 from twenty-two to twenty-eight in number ; no black vertebral line, 

 which, however, is indicated by isolated small spots. Ventrals, 198— 

 218 ; sub-caudals, 27-34. Varieties a and /3 are from Nepaul and Dar- 

 jeeling ; y from Assam." 



