384 C0LUBRID.5;. 



474. Callophis trimaculatus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. \, pi. viii. 



Vipera triniaculata, Baud. Bept. \\, p. 25. 



Coluber melanurus, S/iaw, Zuol. iii, p. 552. 



Elaps melanurus, Jerd. J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 522. 



Callophis trimaculatus, Giint/i. P. Z. >S. 1859, p. 83, pi. xvi, fig. E ; 



id. Bept. B. I. p. 350 ; Theob. Cat. p. 212; Bhipson, J. Bomb. iV. 



H. Soc. ii. 1887, p. 248. 



Eostoal nearly as deep as broad ; froutal as loug as its distance 

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

 prse- and two postoculars ; a single temporal ; 6 upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of subeqnal chin- 

 shields, the anterior in contact with .3 or 4 labials. Scales in l.'> 

 rows. Ventrals 258-274 ; anal divided ; subeaudals 24-35. 

 Light bay above, each scale with a brown dot ; sometimes a line 

 dark vertebral line ; head and nape black, with a yellow spot 

 on each side of the occiput ; lower parts uniform I'ed : tail with 

 t\Ao blaclv rings. 



Total length 18 inches ; tail 1 inch. 



Ilab. Tenasserim, Bengal?, Jalna (Deccan), Bombay, Southern 

 India. 



475. Callophis maculiceps. 



Elaps melanurus (uon Shmr), Cantor , J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847. p. 1027, 



pi. xl, fig. p. 

 Elaps maculiceps, Gibith. Cat. Col. Sa. p. 232. 

 Callophis maculiceps, Giint/i.P. Z. S. 1859, p. 84. pi. xvi, fig. D ; id. 



Bept. B. I. p. 351 ; T/ieob. Cat. p. 213. 



Eostral broader than long; frontal as long as its distance from 

 the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; one pra?- 

 and two postoculars ; a single temporal ; 7 upper labials, third and 

 fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of subequal chin-shields, the 

 anterior in contact with 4 or 5 labials. Scales in 13 rows. Yen- 

 trals 205-247 ; aual divided ; subeaudals 21-32. Light bay above, 

 with a distinct series of black dots along each side of the back ; 

 head and nape black, with one or two yellow bands on each side ; 

 lower parts red ; tail with two black rings. 



Total length 19 inches ; tail 1 inch 4 lines. 



ITah. Malay Peninsula, Tenasserim, Pegu, Cochinchina. 



470. Callophis nigrescens. 



Callophis uigrescens, Gilnt/i. A. M. N. H. (3) ix, 1802, p. 131 ; id. 



Bept. B. I. p. 351, pi. xxiv, fig. F ; Tlieah. Cat. i). 213; Phipson, 



J. Bomb. X. H. Soc. ii, 1887, p. 248. 

 •^ I'Japs mnlabaiicus, Jcrdon, J. A. S. B. xxii, 1853, p. 522. 

 Callophis coDcinnus, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. So. 1803. 

 Callophis pt'iitalineatus, Bcddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. Is71 ; 



I'hi'ob. Cat. p. 214. 



