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cross bauds ; lower parts yellowish, the outer part of the margin 

 of each ventral shield blackish. 



Total length 4 feet ; tail 9 inches. 



Hah. Himalayas, from Ladak to Sikhim. 



409. Coluber taeniurus. 



Elapliis tieuiaru:;, Cupe, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 505 ; Gilnth. Rcpt. 



B. I. p. 242 ; Strauch, Mem, Ac. St. Petersh. xxi, No. 4, p. 103 ; 



Borden;/. A. M. X. H. (o) xix, 1887, p. 170. 

 Elaphis yimiiaueusis, Anders, An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 81-3. 

 Elaphis gTubowskyi, Fischer, Arch.f. Xat. 188-3, p. 59, pi. iv, tig', o. 



Itostral broader than deep, \isible from above ; suture bet\Aeeu 

 the internasals much shorter than that between the pra^froutals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little 

 shorter, as loug as or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 longer than deep ; one large praeocular, usually with a small sub- 

 ocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + ^or 2-|-3 ; usually 

 9 upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye ; 5 or 6 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 

 as the posterior or a little longer. Scales in 23 or 25 rows, 

 dorsals feebly keeled. Ventrals 230-284 ; anal usually divided ; 

 subcaudals 9it-l<.'7. Grey-brown or olive above, head and nape 

 uniform ; a black stripe on each side of the head, passing through 

 the eye ; anterior half of back with black transverse lines or net- 

 work, posterior portion with a pale vertebral stripe between two 

 broad black ones : belly yellowish anteriorly, greyish behind ; 

 a black stripe along each side of the po^iterior part of the belly 

 and along each side of the tail, separated from the upper lateral 

 stripe by a whitish streak. 



Grows to ok feet, the tail measuring one foot. 



Hah. This snake has an extremely wide range, being on record 

 from Mantchuria, China, Darjeehng, Cochin China, Siam, Borneo, 

 and Sumatra. 



410. Coluber radiatus. 



Russell, Lid. Serp. ii, pi. xlii. 



Coluber radiatus, ISchley. Phys. Serp. ii, p. loo, pi. v, figs. 5, 6 ; 



Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 920. 

 Coluber quadrifasciatiis, Cantor, P. Z. S. 18l59, p. ol. 

 Tropidonotus quiiique, Cantor, I. c. p. o4. 

 Compsosoma radiatum, Dam. c^ Bibr, Erp. Gen. vii, p. 292 ; Gdnth. 



Rept. B. I.ii.-2i3; Theob. Cat. p. lOo ; Anders. An. Zool. Res. 



Yunnan, p. 815. 



Rostral broader than deep, \isible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little shorter, 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal usually longer than deep ; one 

 large praeocular ; two postoculars; temporals usually 2-f-2; 8 or 

 9 upper labials, third to fifth, or fourth and fifth, or fourth to sixth 



