NOTES ON SNAKES COLLECTED JN UPPER ASSA31. 619 



all the specimens I have seen including those from the neigh. bcui hood oj 

 Darjeeliug the supialabiala aie 8 wi.h the itid, 4lh and filh touching the eye, 

 not 9 or 10 as stated by Boulenger. The scales at a point two heads-lengths 

 behind the head are 17, in midbody 17, and at a point two heads-leng.hs before 

 the anus 1;'). As in other Lycodons the leduction fioni 17 (o '5 is (ffectcd by a 

 confluence of the 3id and 4th rows above the ventrnls. One specimen was 

 impeifect. In the other two the vcntials and subcaudals were 9 1^5 +66 

 .md (J 190+71. The ^ was 1 foot 7^ inches long, the laU 4| inches, and the 

 9 was 1 foot >■ h inches, the tail 4 inches. 



The dentition is similar to that of other Lycodons. The maxilla supports 

 an anteiiorand a posterior set of teeth separated by a considei able arched 

 edentulous interval. In the anterior set the fi.st three teeth aie small but 

 piogiessively increase in size, then come two long fang-like teeth about twice 

 as long as the iU'd, In the posteiior set are 7 small &ubcqual teeth, then two 

 enlaiged and fang-like about twice as long as the pieceding. The palatop- 

 terygoid series number 13 + 16 and are all small and subequal. In the 

 mandible theie are anterio.ly three small progressively incicasing teeth follow- 

 ed by two large and fang-like, then a gaj) followed by 14 small subequal teeth. 



Lijcoiloii aul'cva (Linne). 



I acquired 47 specimens. Of .'57 sexed 21 were ^ <J, and IG 9 9- The living 

 ones that were brought were as usual veiy lively, and in their cndeavouis to 

 secure their liberty moved in a se:ies of jumps, I could not asseit that the 

 reptile left the gound, though it certainly someiimss appeared to do so. One 

 specimen I encountered at night in my baihroom. It had just seized a gecko, 

 but a? soon as I came upon the scene -ri^h a light, it diopped the lizaid and 

 rounded upon me with open jars in a most truculent manner. Breeding and 

 other notes are given in tabular form : — 



Date. 



Sex. 



Lensrth. 



Remakks, 



1 907. 

 March 30th. 



Apiil 4th 

 „ 26th 



„ 26th 

 „ 27th 



May 5th 



.. 8th 



., Kth 

 „ l.^th 

 .. 241 h 



9 

 S 



9 



9 

 S 

 9 



I'-ii" 



•'.4f' 

 2'-o" 



I'-fA" 

 T-U" 



2^ I «» 



A gecko 



ISupialabials 10. the 3rd, 41h and r)th touching 

 I the eye on the iij.ht side, oeen in the loof 

 I of a house in the bazaar. 

 Giavid buf eggs all b.oken up. 

 ' Found in upsiaiis lojm of bungalow 



had been eaten. 

 Killed in a native house in daylight. 

 Ccn ained 11 eggs (6 + 5), ^^•' to 1" long. 



Killed in a native house. 

 Killed in the loof of a house. 

 Contained 3 eggs, '^l" long. A mouse 

 gastro." 



ID 



Contained fi eggs ^f long. 



* Tail imperfect, bat length judged from other epecimena. The body was I foot9| incbea 

 long. 



