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on each occipital and some yellow marks about the head. A 

 chain of black spots on the neck, continued as a line of black 

 dots to the tip of the tail. Back ruddy brown, the red tinge 

 fading posteriorly. Sides greyish. Belly yellow. Body 7'80. 

 Tail 300 = 10-80. 



Taken at Prome. The above description taken from life differs 

 slightly from Dr. GUnther's taken after the animal had been a 

 year or more in spirit. 



A. Humberti, Jan. 



Calamoria sagittaria, Jerdon (not Cantor). 

 Enicognathus Humberti, Jan. 

 Scales in 17 rows. One prseocular. Two postoculars. The 

 occipital extends laterally to the lower postocular, 10 upper 

 labials, the fourth, fifth and sixth entering the orbit. The 

 eighth is excluded by its fellows from the labial margin. Colour 

 reddish olive, darker on the sides, the pale colouration of the 

 back being bordered by an indistinct punctated line. A verte- 

 bral series of yellow edged black dots. Upper part of the head 

 brown. A dark yellow edged collar. Belly white. Ventrals 

 with a black dot at each end. 

 Grows to 17"5 inches. (Tail 4.) 

 Inhabits Peninsular India and Ceylon. 



A. coUaris, Gray. 



Psammophis collaris, Gray. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Loreal rather longer than high. One 

 prseocular. Two postoculars. The occipital does not reach 

 down to the lower postocular. 10 upper labials, the fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth entering the orbit. Colour brown above, white below, 

 A vertebral series of black spots, anteriorly. A narrow black 

 band between the eyes and another across the back of the occi- 

 pitals. A black collar yellow margined behind on the nape, 

 from the ends of which a black line runs through the eye to the 

 nostrils. Frontals, vertical, and superciliaries, with a central 

 black spot and two on the rostral. Ventrals with a black 



