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0. modestus, Giinther. 



Loreal none. One prse and one postocular. 6 upper labials, the 

 third largest, forming the entire lower rim of orbit. Head mark- 

 ings obscure. Brown spot below the eye very distinct. Colour 

 greyish brown. A yellow vertebral band more distinct behind. 

 Belly white with quadrangular black spots. 



Grows to 13 inches. 



Inhabits. Ceylon (probably). 



0. dorsalis, Gray. 



Elaps dorsalis, Gray. 



Loreal distinct. One prse and one postocular. 7 upper labials, 

 the third and fourth entering the orbit. Head brown symmetri- 

 cally marked with darker. A dark spot below the eye. Ros- 

 tral yellow edged. Nuchal spot small. Body brownish grey 

 minutely black dotted. A yellow band, two scales broad from the 

 neck to the tip of the tail, bordered on each side with small black 

 spots and interrupted on the tail by two or three large black 

 spots. A narrow black line along either side of trunk. Belly 

 white with quadrangular black spots, sometimes almost suppress- 

 ing the ground colour. Tail below white in the centre. 



Grows to 16 inches. 



Inhabits the Khasi hills (Anderson). (Not Afghanistan.) 



O. brevicauda, Giinther. 



Only one pair of frontals. Loreal none. One prse, two post- 

 oculars. 7 upper labials, third and fourth entering the orbit. 

 Head with the usual markings. Body greyish violet, a pale 

 vertebral line, becoming pure white posteriorly, and bordered 

 anteriorly by a series of small equidistant black spots. A black- 

 ish streak along the third outer series of scales. Belly white 

 with quadrangular black spots. 



Grows to 15 inches. 



Inhabits the Anamally hills. 



