3GG COLUBRID^. 



fifth or fifth and sixth entering the eye ; 5 lower hihials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little shorter than the 

 posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 177-188; anal usually 

 entire ; snbcaudals 82-188. Pale greyish or yellowish above, with 

 black dots or four longitudinal brown bands which are usually 

 edged with black, the outer passing through the eyes ; lower parts 

 white, uniform or spotted or marked with grey or olive in the 

 middle, with or without a dark lateral line or series of dots. 



Total length 3 feet 3 inches ; tail 1 foot. 



Hah. Sind, Eajputana, Cutch, Baluchistan, Afghanistan, Persia, 

 and east coast of Arabia. 



455. PsammopMs condanarus. 



liussell, Ind. Serp. i, pi. xxvii. 



Coluber condanarus, Merr. Tent. p. 107. 



Leptopliis ? bellii, Jerdon, J. A. 8. B. xxii, 1853, p. 529. 



Psanimophis condanarus, Blythi J. A. S. B. xxiii, 1854, p. 293 ; 



Guntli. lii'pt. B. 1. p. 291 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, ])t. 2, 



p. 196, and xl, 1871, pt. 2, p. 438; Anders. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 182; 



Stoliczka, P. A. S. B. 1872, p. 83 ; Theob. Cat. p. 187; Murray, 



Zool. Sind, p. 382. 

 Psamniophis indicus, Beddome, Madras Journ, Med. Sc. 1863. 

 Pbayrea isabellina, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. 1868, p. 51. 

 Psammophis sibilans, var. quadrilineata, Jan, Icon. Ophid. 34, pi. iii, 



fig. 1. 



Eostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; nasal divided or 

 semidivided ; internasals rather more than half the length of the 

 prajtrontals ; frontal very narrow, as long as or longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal 

 about twice as long as deep ; prseocular single, not extending to 

 the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2 or 1+3, rarely 

 2 + 3 ; upper labials 8, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 4 lower 

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

 as the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. A^entrals 156-182 ; anal 

 divided ; snbcaudals 75-90. Pale olive-brown, with two pairs of- 

 more or less distinct dark bands each two scales wide ; these bauds, 

 the lower of which passes through the eye, often black-edged ; 

 upper lip and lower parts uniform yellowish, with a dark Hue along 

 each side of the ventrals and snbcaudals. 



Total length 3 feet ; tail 9 inches. 



Hah. This species has hitherto only been rocorded from the 

 Punjab, Cutch, the North-AVest Provinces, Simla, Bengal, the 

 Kurnool district, and Pegu. 



456. Psammophis longifrons. 



llostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; nostril bctw eeu 

 the anterior and two superposed posterior nasals ; internasals 



