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T. platyceps, Blyth. 



Zainenis Himalaymius, Stein, 



Head rather depressed, distinct from the neck. One prse- 

 ocular (sometimes divided). Two postoculars. 8 upper labials, 

 the third, fourth, and fifth entering the orbit. Scales in 19 rows, 

 feebly keeled in the males. Smooth or with the median rows 

 only faintly keeled in the females. Colour in males above dark 

 brown, with a long elliptical mark on the neck, and two rows of 

 small blackish spots along the back anteriorly. Below yellowish, 

 finely mottled with dusky green, and a distinct blackish band on 

 each side. A coral red band along the ends of the ventrals. In 

 females the colours and marks are less distinct. 



Grows to 30 inches. (Tail 8-5.) 



Inhabits Kashmir, Kulu, Nipal, Sikkim, and the Khasi hills. 



T. macrops, Blyth. J. A. S., B., 1855, p. 296. 

 T. Tnacro'phthahnus, Gunther. 

 T. SlkJdmensis, Anderson. J. A. S., B., 1871, p. 17. 



Eye large. Prsefrontals obtusely rounded in front. One prse- 

 ocular. Three postoculars. Loreal large. 8 upper labials, the 

 fourth and fifth entering the orbit. Scales keeled in 17 rows, 

 (19 on the neck), transversely disposed on the neck as in Naja. 

 Colour brown, uniform or with a dorsal series of reddish brown 

 spots. Neck with an indistinct arrow-mark. Belly anteriorly 

 marked with large quadrangular brown spots, posteriorly and 

 under the tail, clouded with brown. Neck sometimes greenish 

 and body with black and yellow reticulations. {SikJcimensis.) 



Grows to 39 inches. (Tail 7.) 



Inhabits Sikkim and the Khasi hills. 



Dr. Stoliczka has demonstrated the identity of both Macroph- 

 thalmus and SikJcimensis with this snake, this last form being 

 often more lively coloured than the type. 



T. angusticeps, Blyth. J. A. S., B., 1855, p. 295. 

 Head narrow, hardly broader than the neck. Prsoorbitals two, 

 three or four. Postorbitals four or five. Scales keeled in 17 

 rows. Colour above plumbeous, uniformly spotted with black 



