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G. gramineum, Guntlier. 



Prsefrontals broader than long, half as large as the postfrontals, 

 Loreal square. Prseocular does not touch the vertical. Two 

 postoculars. Scales in 19 rows, smooth, with a pair of apical 

 grooves. 9 upper labials, the fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the 

 orbit. Colour green, paler below. Tail behind reddish olive. 



Inhabits the Khasi hills. 



G. frsenatum. Gray. 



Prsefrontals narrow in front, nearly half as large as the post- 

 frontals. Postfrontal in contact with the second and third labials. 

 Loreal none. Scales in 19 rows, the dorsal series faintly keeled. 

 9 low upper labials, the fourth, fifth, and sixth entering the 

 orbit. Colour grass green, paler below. A dark loreal streak. 



Inhabits the Khasi and Garo Hills. 



Dendrophis, Boie. 

 Form very slender. Snout obtuse in front. Eye large with 

 round pupil. Two nasals. Scales smooth in 13 — 15 rows. The 

 vertebral series enlarged, triangular or polygonal, the others nar- 

 row, imbricate. Ventrals keeled. 



D. pictus, Giinther. 



Coluber decorus, Shaw. 

 Leptophis, maniar, Bell. 

 AhcetuUa Bellii, Gray. 

 Dendrophis Boie; Cantor. 

 One prseocular. Two or three postoculars. Loreal elongate. 

 Anal bifid. Scales smooth in 15 rows, the vertebral row consi- 

 derably enlai'ged. Colour above bronze brown with a black edged 

 yellow band along either side. Lower parts white or yellowish. 

 Grows to 48 inches. (Tail 14.) 



Inhabits Bengal, Central India, Sykkim, Assam, Pegu, the 

 Andamans, the Malayan Peninsula, &c. 



Chrysopelea, Boie. 

 Characters of Dendrophis, but the vertebrals are less enlarged. 

 The ventrals more sharply keeled, almost trifid — and a posterior 

 tooth is enlarged and grooved. 



