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F. Sieboldii, Schl. 



Feranoides Jamnwticus, Carlleyle. Jas. XXXVIII;, 



p, 196. 

 Hypsirhina Bocourti. Jan. et Sor. No. 28, pi. 5, f. 2, 

 Head rather distinct from neck. Tail short. One prseocular. 

 Two postoculars. 8 upper labials, the fourth entering the orbit. 

 13 lower labials, the sixth the largest, the last five very small. 

 Colour pale brown, with over thirty large brown black edged 

 spots, with narrow interspaces down the back, and on either 

 side a row of triangular dark brown spots alternating with the 

 last. Belly and sides yellow, the former black chequered. 

 Grows to 25 inches. (Tail 4.) 



Inhabits Bengal (Ganges and Jumna), Pegu, Province Welles- 

 ley. 



HiPiSTES, Gray. 



Head short, distinct from the neck. Body stoutish. Tail 

 short, compressed. Eye very small, directed upwards. Pupil 

 vertical. Nostril in a single shield with a groove externally. 

 Nasals separated by a narrow prsefrontal. Scales smooth in 39 

 rows. Ventral sharply keeled. 



H. hydrinus, Cantor. 



Hipistes fasciatus, Gray. 

 Bitia hydroides, Gray. 

 Prtefrontals cuneiform, much longer than broad. Postfrontals 

 very small, hexagonal. Two pairs of small occipitals with a 

 small central shield. Loreal large. One preeocular, which docs 

 not touch the vertical. Two postoculars, the lower largest and 

 touching the pr£eoculars. 7 upper labials, the fourth being below 

 the suture between the prse and postoculars. Colour greenish 

 yellow above, broadly barred with blackish grey. 44 — 58 bars 

 as broad as the interspaces, but not reaching to the belly. Sides 

 and belly white, or yellowish. 



Grows to 21-5. (Tail IS), Anderson. (19-3. Tail 2-2, GUn- 



ther). 



Inhabits mouths of rivers and coast of Pegu, Pinang, &c. 



