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cuous white spots. Beneath whitish. Limbs black-spotted. 

 Body 2-50; tail 2-00 = 4-50 inches. 



Inhabits Southern and Central India, Bengal, Assam, and 

 Birmah. 



R. lineolata, Stoliczka. J. A. S., B., 1870, p. 175. 

 Closely allied to alhopimctata, but tail longer than body. 

 Superciliaries five, the last small and tumid, occipitals four, the 

 anterior pair being united ; the median one smaller, much smaller 

 than in anguina ; larger than in albopunctata ; six lower 

 labials elongate and narrow. Scales in 24, 25 longitudinal, 

 and 60 — 65 transverse rows Colour greenish iridescent brown 

 above, with an almost continuous series of small dark brown 

 dots on each side of the back from the nape, margined above 

 and below by a pale line. The centres of all the dorsal and 

 lateral scales are paler than their edges, giving rise to straight 

 longitudinal lines. Tail reddish. 



Length, body 1'50 ; tail 200 = 3-50 inches. 



Inhabits Martaban. 



Section B. Lower eyelid with transparent dish. 



R. Hardwickii Gray. 



Very closely allied to alhopvbnctata, but the scales a trifle 

 larger. The hind limb is one-fourth the length of the body, in 

 the last a trifle less. Scales in from 24 — 26 longitudinal rows, 

 and between limbs in from 48 — 56. Colour variable. Back and 

 sides purplish black. The edges of the back from the nostril 

 white. Lower part of sides and belly white. Specimens from 

 Northern India have four rows of black spots, each spot on the 

 junction of two scales. Black dots along the lower part of sides, 

 and white spots along the whole side. Scales of tail black- 

 spotted. Tail in young specimens vermillion below. 



Length, body 2-0 ; tail 2-5 = 4-50 inches. 



Inhabits Ceylon (Blyth), South, Central, and Northern India, 

 and Bengal rarely. 



