CALLOPHIS. 385 



Rostral broader thiiu long ; frontal as long as its distance from 

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

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

 fourth entering the eye ; anterior chin-shields as long as the pos- 

 terior or a little shorter, in contact with four labials. IScales in 13 

 rows. Yentrals 232-251 ; anal usually divided; subcaudals 33-44. 

 This species comprises four principal colour vai'ieties, which are 

 connected by insensible gradations ; in all the head and nape are 

 black, with an oblique yellow band, sometimes broken up into spots, 

 on each side from the parietals to behind the angle of the mouth, 

 and the upper lip is yellow in front of and beliind the eye ; lower 

 parts uniform red. 



A. Dark purplish brown above, with three or five longitudinal 



series of black, light-edged spots. 



B. The spots confluent and forming three longitudinal black 



bands edged with whitish. 



C. As in the preceding, but the black bands without light 



edges. 



D. Pale reddish brown or red above, with live black longitudinal 



bands. 

 Total length 3| feet; tail 4-5 inches. 



Hah. Bouibav Hills (Karwar), Wynaad, Nilgiris, Auaimalai and 

 Travaucore Hills, 4000-6000 feet. 



477. CallopMs inacclellandii, 



Elaps macclellaudii, Reinh. Cede. Joum. N. H. iv, 1844, p. 532 ; id. 



Vidensh. 3IcddeL 1800, p. 247. 

 Elaps persouiitus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxiii, 1855, p. 208. 

 Elaps univirfratus, Giinih. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 2;jl. 

 Callopliis uuivirgatus, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 83, pi. xvii. 

 Callophis macclellaudii, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1801, p. 219; id. Rept. B. I. 



p. 349 ; Theoh. Cat. p. 214. 

 Callophis annularis, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 350, pi. xxiv, fig. J* ; 



Theob. I. c. p. 212. 



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

 the end of the snout or a little longer, as long as the parietals ; 

 one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 -|- 1 ; upper labials 7, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; tuo pairs of small subequal 

 chin-shields, auterior in contact with 3 labials. Scales in 13 rows. 

 Ventrals 182-224; anal divided; subcaudals 25-34. Eeddish 

 brown abo^e, with regular, equidistant, black, light-edged trans- 

 verse bars or rings ; belly vellowish, with black cross bands or 

 quadrangular spots. A \ariety from Nepal and Darjeeling (C. 

 imivirgata, Gtlir.) is distinguished by the presence of a black verte- 

 bral line ; the transverse bars are replaced by transverse spots or 

 are altogether absent. 



Total length 26 inches ; tail 2-3. 



Hab. Nepal, Sikhim, Assam, Burma, Southern China. 



* An luioiiialuus specimen with six labials on one side. 



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