lIEltPETOJjxn: 299 



Fdiiiih/ Xenopeltidee, 



Scales in 15 rows, polislied. Eye small. A mental fold. 



Xexopeltis, Eeinwardt. 



X. rxicoLOR, RL'in. 



Scales in 15 rows, larRC and polished. Prfcocular large, rcplaeinp; tlio absent 

 loi-eal. Five occipital s]ueld,s. Colour uniform steel blue splendidly inideseent, 

 below whitish. Young specimens have a white head. Grows to 50 inches. Inhabits 

 Pegu and Tenas.serini. This is a thick-set, repulsive and venomous-looking snake. 

 It is one of those harmless snakes which have no loreal shield. 



Faiiiih/ Calamaridae. 



Calamakia, Boic. 



C. SiAJiEXSis, Giinther. 



Scales smooth, in 13 rows. Upper labials 4. One pair of frontals. Loreal 

 absent. Colour olive, or Hcsliy grej-, witli eleven narrow black lines down the bai'k, 

 the vertebral and alternate lines thicker tlian the rest. A yellow collar beliind the 

 head, and another black-edged yellow collar below it. Grows to 9 inches. 



Inhabits Pegu. 



Family Oligodontidae. 

 SiJioTKS, Dumeril et Bihron. 



Scales smooth, in 17 to 19 rows. Two nasals. Head symmetrically oniamcnted. 

 S. CKUENTATUs, Theobald. 



Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Loreal small. Seven upper labials. Anal bifid. 

 Colour above uniform umber brown ; beucatli yellowish-white, witli numerous sr^uare 

 black blotches. Tail beneath bright red, black-mottled. Grows to 15 inches. 



Inhabits Pegu. 



S. Theobaldi, Giinther. 



Scales smooth, in 17 rows. Loreal elongate. Eight upper labials. Anal bifid. 

 Colour brown, with a pale vertebral streak, and a pair of light lines down the back 

 along the fifth outer row of scales. The buck marked by reticulated black streaks. 



Inhabits Pegu. 



S. BiCATENATus, Giiuthcr. 



Scales smooth, in 19 rows. Two proeoculars. Anal entire. Colour variable, 

 brown, pale brownisb-salmon, or uniform brick-red. A pale verteljral line, and a second 

 below it on the side. Scuta with dark marginal dots. Grows to 31 inches. 



Inhabits Pegu and Tenasserim. 



S. AMABiLis, Giinther. 



Scales smooth, in 19 rows. One prajocular. Anal entire. 'Back barred with over 

 forty narrow black-edged yellow cross-bars. Below white, with an irregular series of 

 blackish spots along either side of belly. Young only known. 



Inhabits the Arakan Hills. 



Famihj Colubridge. 



Head distinct. Eye moderate or large. Pupil round. Subcaudals divided. A 

 mental groove. 



Ablabes, Gunthrr. 



Scales smooth, in 13 to 17 rows. Anal bifid. Teeth numerous, equal. 



