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yellowish. Young specimens with a dark stripe from the orbit 

 along the anterior part of the body. 



Grows to 25 inches or more. Tail 3 inches. 



Inhabits Ceylon, Southern India, Bengal and the Malayan 

 Peninsula. 



Xenochrophis, Gilnther. 



Body stout. Pupil round. Nostril in the upper part of a 

 single plate. Scales keeled in 19 rows. Anal bifid. 



X. cerasogaster. Cantor. 



Head narrow elongate. All the shields of the upper part are 

 elongate. Prsefrontals rather pointed in front, not much smaller 

 than the postfrontals. Nasal quadrangular, entire, pierced in the 

 middle of its length by the nostril. Loreal large. One 

 prfeocular. Three postoculars, the lowest largest, sometimes 

 divided. 9 upper labials, the fourth entering the orbit. Colour 

 above brown, sometimes uniform, sometimes a pair of light 

 dorsal bands, with or without indistinct dark quadrangular spots. 

 Lower parts cherry red, dark marbled or wholly black. A bright 

 yellow lateral .band from the snout to the top of tail. Occiput 

 with sometimes a pair of yellow spots. 



Grows to 24 inches. (Tail 6.) • 



Inhabits Bengal, Assam, the Khasi hills. 



Giinther describes the colour as purple below, but I prefer to 

 follow the indication afforded by the specific epithet as probably 

 based on observation of a fresh specimen. 



Gerarda, Gray. 



A single anterior frontal. Loreal square. Scales smooth, 

 rhombic in 17 rows. Superciliary small. Eye over the fourth 

 labial. Tail conical. Caudals divided. 



G. bicolor, Gray. 

 Colour muddy olive. Lips (except rostral which is dark), chin 

 and a lateral stripe 21, scales broad, whitish. Belly pale, scuta 

 dark edged. 



