ABLABES, 305 



28 ro«-.s, without apiciil pits ; ventrals uot augulate laterally ; tail 

 moderate or long ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Distribution. ISouth-eastern Asia. Terrestrial or subarboreal. 



OydopJds catenates and C. {Chlorophis) oldhami, Theob. Cat. 

 Hept. As. Soc. Mus. 1868, pp. 49,50, described as from near Simla, 

 are South- African Snakes, viz. Homalosoma tutrix, L., and AJicetulla 

 hojyloij aster, Grthr. 



>'Syno2isis of Indian, Cei/Ionese, and Burmese Sjjecies. 



A. Eye measariug more than half leuj^th of 



snout. 



a. Nasal shield single, united with loreal ; 



scales in 15 rows A. calanntria, p. 305. 



b. Nasal divided or semidivided. 



a . Scales iu 13 rows A. scriptits, p. 305. 



b'. Scales iu 15 rows. 



a" . 7 upper labials A.freaatus, p. 306. 



b" . 8 upper labials A. dorxa-, p. 301). 



B. Eye not more than half length of snout. 



a. Scales iu 15 rows A. rappii, p. 307. 



b. Scales in 17 rows A. nicobariensis, p. 307. 



f. Scales in 19 rows A. porphyraceus, p. 308. 



367. Ablabes calainaria. 



03clophis calamavia, Ginith. Cat. Col. 6'm. p. 2oO; id. Rept. B. I. 



p. -l-'A, pi. xvii, tig. K ; Thcoh. Cat. p. 158. 

 Iloiualosonia baliolum, Jan, Icon. Opliiil. 13, pi. iv, tig. 4. 

 Cyclophis nasalis, Giinth. Rept. li. I. p. 231, pi. xvii, tig. M; Theob. 



I. c. p. 158. 



Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; nasal single and 

 united with the loreal ; suture between the internasals as long as that 

 between the prsefrontals or shorter ; frontal longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the parietals ; one 

 prseocular (rarely two) ; two postociilars, only the upper in contact 

 with the parietal; temporals 1 +- ; ~ upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields, which are larger than the posterior. Scales iu 15 rows. 

 A^entrals 130-154 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 64-76. Pale brown 

 abo\'e, with or \\ithout t\^o more or less distinct black longitudinal 

 lines ; lower parts uniform yellowish. 



Total length 16 inches; tail 4-25. 



Hah, Ceylon, Madras Presidency, Bombay. 



368. Ablabes scriptus. 



Ablabes scriptus, Theob. Journ. Linn. >Soc. x, 1868, p. 42 ; id. Cat. 

 Rept. As. Soc. Mas. 1868, p. 49 ; id. Cat. p. 154. 



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