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Description. — ^os^raL— Touches 6 shields, the anterior nasal sutures are rather 



greater than the internasal and about 

 twice the 1st supralabials with no pointed 

 appendage. Internasah.— Two ; the suture 

 between them three-fifths that between 

 the prasfrontal fellows, subequal to the 

 intemaso-piEefrontal ; in contact with the 

 anterior loreal. Pro'frontah. — Two ; the 

 suture between, them about twice the 

 praBfronto-froutal ; in contact with the 

 internasals. anterior and posterior loreals, 

 prseoculars, and frontal. Frontal. — Tou- 

 ches 8 shields ; the fronto-supraocular 

 sutures are about four times the length 

 of the fronto-parietals. Supraocvlars. — 

 Nearly as long, and aV)out three times the 

 breadth of the frontal. Nanuls. — Undivi- 

 ded ; touch the 1st and 2nd supralabials. 

 Loreals- — Two(l + 1). Prceoculars. — One, 

 Dryophis/ronticinctus ( X 2). touching the frontal. Postocrdars. — Two. 



Temporals. — Two anterior. Supralabials. — 8, the 3rd, 4tli and 5th touching 

 the eye, the 3rd divided into an upper and a lower part and the 4th into two 

 upper and one lower part. InfralahiaU. — 5, the 5th much the largest and in 

 contact with 3 scales behind. The suture between the 1st about three-fourths 

 that between the anterior sublinguals. SubUnguaU. — Two pairs; the posterior 

 longer, and in contact with the 4th and 5th infralabials. Cosia/*'.— Anteriorly 

 and in midbody 15. at a point two heads-lengths before the anus 13 ; the 

 reduction is due to a confluence of the 4th and 5th rows above the ventrals 

 on one side and the 5th and 6th on the other ; the vertebrals rather enlarged ; 

 the lateral rows oblique ; the last row enlarged ; no keels ; no apical pits. 

 Ventruh.—\^^). i4 7j«Z.— Divided. /SwicaJ/r/a/s.— 135 ; divided. 



Colour. — Uniform khaki-brown above with a rather darker ill defined dorsal 

 stripe. In the forebody there are the usual black oblique marks seen in other 

 species of this genus. No flank line. Beneath, buff with an obscure blackish 

 lateral line on the ventrals, some ruddy streaks between these, and a median 

 stripe of punctiform blackish spots. An obscure postocular streak. The 

 specimen measured 2 feet 10 inches of which the tail accounted for lOf 

 inches. 



The only other Dryophis previously recorded from the Himalayas i» prasinus. 

 Fronticiiictus has only cnce been recorded outside Burmese limits and the 

 specimen which is from ISibsagar in Assam is in the Indian Museum. I have 

 examined this and agree with Sclater's identification though it is aberrant in that 

 the anal is entire, and the scales are i5inthe whole body length. In all the 

 other epecies of this genus the nasal shield touches only the 1st of the suprala- 



