60. COLUBEE. 47 



6-c, d. $ (\. 224 ; C. ?), Naples. Count M. G. Peracca 



hgr. (V.210; C. 77), & [P.]. 



yj,^ (V. 223 ; C. 70). 

 e-f. S (V. 208 ; C. 79) & Naples. Dr. F. S. MonticeUi 



hgi-. (V. 219; C. 71). [P.]. 



g, h. S (V. 210; C. 79) Zara, Dalmatia. Dr. F. Werner [E.]. 



&yg. (V. 218; C. GO). 

 i-k. d" (V. 205 ; C. 79) & Zara, Dalmatia. 



2 (V. 218: C. 68). 

 /. ? (V. 217 ; C. 70). S. Europe. Dr. Gunther [P.]. 



B. Spots persistent throughout life. (0. sauromates, Pall.) 



a. ? (V.210; 0.66). Malo, Derbent-^kyUluss, St. Petersburg Mus. 



Gov. Astrakhan. [E.]. 



h. 2 (V. 206 ; C. 04). Shirvan. Berlin Museum [E.l. 



c. 2 (V. 211 ; C. 71). ? Sir A. Suiith [P.]. 



19. Coluher tseniurus. 



Elaphiis virgatus, part., Gilnth. Cat. p. 79 (1858). 



tteniurus, Cojk, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 565 ; Gibith. Pept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 242 (1864) ; Strauch, Schl. Pus.i. P. p. 10.3 (l87o) j 



lioulenr/. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (o) xix. 1887, p. 170. 

 Coluber nuthalli, fheob. Cut. Pept. A<<. Soc. Mus. p. 51 (1868). 

 Elaphis Yunuanensis, Anders. An. Zool. Pes. Yunnan, p. 813 (1879). 



• grabowskyi, Fischer, Arcli.f. Nat. 1885, p. 59, pi. iy. tig. 3. 



Coluber tteniurus, Bmdeng. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (6) y. 1890, p. 139, 



and Faun. Ind., Pept. p. 333 (1890) ; W. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. 



Beng. Ix. 1891, p. 239. 



Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; intemasals a little 

 broader than long, much shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal once 

 and one third to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as or 

 shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as or a 

 little shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one large 

 prseocular, sometimes in contact with the frontal, usuallj' with a 

 small subocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2 + 3 ; 

 usually nine (sometimes eight) upper labials, fifth and sixth (or 

 fourth and fifth) entering the eye ; fiye or six lower 'labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or 

 a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 23 or 25 rows, dorsals 

 feebly but distinctly keeled, outer rows smooth. Ventrals dis- 

 tinctly angulate laterally, 230-284; anal divided, rarely entire; 

 subcaudals 90-107. Grey-brown or olive above, head and nape 

 uniform ; a black stripe on each side of the head, passing through 

 the eye ; anterior part of back with black transverse lines or net- 

 work, posterior part with a pale vertebral stripe between two broad 

 black ones ; bell}' yellowish anteriorly, greyish posteriorly ; a black 

 stripe along each side of the posterior part of the belly and along each 

 side of the tail, separated from the upper lateral stripe by a whitish 

 streak. 



Total length 1500 millim. ; tail 300. 



Manchuria, China, Sikkim, Cochinehina, Siam, Borneo, Sumatra. 



