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that they were all alike in havinij:; five longitudinal Ijlack dorsal lines 

 broader than the pink intervals. There were 9-12 narrow black 

 annuli around the bod}- and 1-2 (2 usually) on the tail. The ventrals 

 and subcaudals are 204+28, 183 + 28, 194 + 30, 202+?, 197 + 27, 

 129 [192?] + 29. 



Hahitat. — This richly and unic[uely colored form seems to be con- 

 fined to the middle grou]) of the Riu Kiu archipelago, inasmuch as all 

 the specimens of which we have detailed record are from Okinawa 

 shima or "Great Loo Choo." Doctor Fritze collected the type on the 

 west side of that island. 



a Type. 



b Description p. 390; figs. 320-322. 



Genus CALLIOPHIS" Gray. 



1834. Calliophis Gray, Indian Zool., II, (('. fig.) (lypo, C. gracilis). 



1859. f'aZZop/n's GuENTHER, Pror. Zool. See. London, 1859, p. 81 (emendation). 



With regard to the genetic relationshi]) of the snakes at present 

 embraced in this genus it is sufficient to refer to the remarks under 

 Hemihungarus (p. 387). 



CalliopMs univirgatus occupies the eastern Himala3"as, being repre- 

 sented farther east, in Burma and South China, by C. macclellandii. 

 Two species inhabit the mountains in southern India, one the eastern 

 Indian peninsula, from Burma to Cochin Cliina, while one occupies 

 the Malay peninsula and Sumatra. 



CALLIOPHIS MACCLELLANDII'' (Reinhardt). 



1844. Elaps macclellandii Reinhardt, Calculta Journ. Nat. Hist., IV (p. 532) 

 (type-locality, Assam; type in Mus. (V)pnnhagen). — Callophis macclel- 

 landii GuENTHER, Rept. Brit. India, p. 349 (part: var. x, Assam). — Bou- 

 LENGER, Fauna Brit. India, Rept., 1890, ]). 385 (part: Assam; Burma; 



aFrom K-aAAoj, beauty; o0z?, snake. 



& Named in honor of Dr. John McClelland, then editor of the Calcutta Journal of 

 Natural History, who presented the type to the Royal Museum in Copcnliagen. 

 McClelland is the author of a large number of papers on Indian paleontology and 

 ichthyology. 



