292 COLUBEID^. 



Sijno2Jsls of Indian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. Scales smooth, in 17 rows; aubcaudals usually in 



two rows. 

 a. Ventrals not aug'ulate ; suout not spatulate ; 

 anal divided. 



«'. 8 upper labials L. s/riatic-^, p. t292. 



b'. 9 or 10 upper labials L. jant, p. 292, 



h. Ventrals laterally angulate. 



a'. Twoloreals; snout not spatulate ; anal entire; [p. 293. 



eye rather large L, anamallensis, 



b'. One loreal; snout broad, much depressed, 



spatulate. [p. 293. 



a". Anal entire L. travancoricus, 



b". Anal divided L. milieus, p. 294. 



c'. No loreal L, atropurpureus, 



B. Scales keeled. [p. 294. 



a. Scales in 17 rows. [p. 295. 

 a' . Posterior chin-shields shorter than anterior . L. septentrionalis, 

 h' . Posterior chia-shields longer than anterior. . L.fasciatus, 



b. Scales in 19 rows. [p. 295. 

 a'. Subcaudals in two rows ; only scales of the 



9 dorsal rows heeled L. (/ammiei, p. 296. 



b'. Subcaudals single ; scales strongly keeled . . L.cariiiatu.'<,\}.29(}. 



347. Lycodon striatus. 



Russell, Ind. Serj). i, pi. xvi. 



Coluber striatus, Shaic, Zool. iii, ]). 527. 



Lycodon striatus, Gimtk. Rept. B. I. p. 318; ISloliczka, J. A. S. B. 



xxxix, 1870, p. 200 ; Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 187 ; Theob. Cut. 



p. 199 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 384. 



Snout much depressed, slightly projecting; eye rather small. 

 Eostral much broader than long, just visible from above ; iuter- 

 uasals much shorter than the prciefrontals ; frontal as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals or a 

 little shorter ; loreal elongate, not entering the eye ; one pra^ocular ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals small, 1 + 2 or 2 + 2 or 2 + 3; eight 

 upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the ej^e; 4 or 5 

 lower labials in contact witli the anterior chin-shields, \\hich are 

 usually longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, in 17 ro\AS. 

 Ventrals 153-178, not angulate laterally ; anal divided; subcaudals 

 42-62, in two ro\^■s. Dark brown or black above, ^^■ith white ti-ans- 

 verse spots or cross-bands, which are widely separated anteriorly ; 

 sides lineolated with white, ^\ ith a black spot corresponding to each 

 white cross-band ; upper lij) and lower surface uniform white. 



Total length 17 inches ; tail 3. 



Hah. From Sind, the Punjab, the North-Westeru Provinces, and 

 the hills below Simla to Southern India. 



348. Lycodon jara. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i, pi. xiv. 

 Coluber jara, hihaw, Zovl. iii, p. 525. 



