50 REPTILES. 



mis obscurus, Boie, Isis, 1827, 553. Hydrus Pelamis obscurus, 

 Merrem, Tent. 139. Leioselasma obscura, Fitz. Isis, 1827, 738. 



Black ; Lead with a yellow spot on each side of occiput ; 

 back of neck with a series of round pale spots on each side, nearly 

 united above: body with a series of large roundish white spots, 

 nearly as high as the body, leaving triangular dark marks on the 

 upper and lower part of the body : scales small, elongate, keeled : 

 ventral shield under the throat very distinct, elongate, black ; of the 

 belly white, not to be distinguished from the scales. 



a. In spirits. Head injured. India, Madras. Presented by J. C. 



Jeidon, Esq. 



b. Inspirits. Young. India. Scales six-sided, very slightly keeled. 



Presented by T. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



2. Lindsay's Shootur Sun. Hydrophis Lindsayii, Gray, 

 Griffitlis Anim. Kingd. Aturia Lindsayi, Gray^Zool. Misc. 61. 



Head, neck and tail black ; nape with two white spots : back 

 of the neck and front part of the body with cross bands, which gra- 

 dually become larger and form ovate spots on the sides, which are 

 confluent on the middle, and narrower but longer on the hinder part 

 of the body, forming only narrow bands across the tail : scales 

 small, with a minute central tubercle: front upper labial short, 

 square ; sixth larger (like the sixth shield of Liopola and the one 

 above it united) : temple shield large, oblique : four front lower 

 labial large ; two hinder small : chin shields two pairs ; front large, 

 square. Like H. obscurus, but white spot broader. 



a. In spirits. Very young. China. Presented by Lindsay, 



Esq. 



Shootur Sunn, Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. t. 7; Hydrophis chloris, 

 Daud. Rept. vii. 377, t. 90 ; Hydrus chloris, Merrem, Tent. 139, 

 appears to be another species of this section. Black above, with 

 yellow cross-band on the back of the neck, and large triangular spot 

 on each side of the belly. 



ff Scales of adult broad. 



3. The Banded Shootur Sun. Hydrophis fasciata. Hydrus 

 fasciatus, Shaiv, Zool. iii. 563 ? Hydrophis Hardwickii, Gray, 

 MSS. Brit. Mus. 1836. Disteira fasciata, var., Fitz. Isis, 1827, 

 734. 



Head very small; body and tail brown, yellow-ringed; head 

 and neck brown ; a cross-band on the forehead, spot on temple behind 



