48 



COLUBRID^. 



a-c. S (Sc. 23 ; V. 255 ; 



A. 2; C.107), ligT. (Sc. 



25; V. 249; A. 2 ; C. 



107), & yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 



240; A. 1; C. 90). 

 d, ej. S (Sc. 25 ; V. 232 ; 



A. 2; C. 95), $ (Sc. 25 ; 



V. 233: A. 2; C. 99), 



&yg. (Sc. 23; V. 230; 



A. 2; C. 101). 

 g. Yg. (Sc. 25'; V. 240; 



A. 2 ; 0. 94). 

 h. Yg. (Sc. 10; V. 231; 



A. 1 ; C. 92). 

 i. S (Sc. 25; V. 239; 



A. 2; C. ?). 

 h. Hgr. (Sc. 23 ; V. 255 ; 



A. 2; C. 99). 

 I. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 255; 



A. 2 ; C. 95). 

 m-o. S (Sc. 25 ; V. 282 ; 



A. 2; C. 94), hgr. (Sc. 



25; V. 278; A. 2; C. 



98), & head. 

 p. S (Sc. 25; V.282; A. 



2; C. 97). 



Western hills of 

 Pekin. 



Shanghai. 



Cliikiang. 



W. Bushell, Esq. 



R. Swinhoe, Esq. 



[C.]. 



Mr. Fortune [C.]. 



Mountains of Kiu C. Maries, Esq. [C.]. 



Kiang. 

 Mountains of Kiu A. E. Pratt, Esq. 



Kiang. [C.]. 



Darieeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Darieeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



' [P.]. 



S.E. Borneo. Hr. Grabowski [C.]. 



(Types of E. grabowslyi.) 



Pajo, Sumatra. 



Hr. C. Bock [C.]. 



20. Coluber schrenckii. 



Elaphis schrenckii, Strauch, Schl. Buss. R. p. 100 (]873). 



Coluber schrenckii, Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. R. (6) v. 1890, p. 139. 



Eve rather small. Rostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals broader than long, shorter than the praefrontals ; 

 frontal slightly longer than broad, as long as or shorter than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal considerably longer than deep ; one prseocular, with (or with- 

 out) a small subocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3 ; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 

 longer than the posterior. Scales in 23 rows, feebly but distinctly 

 keeled, outer rows smooth. Veutrals not distinctly angulate 

 laterally, 208-221 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 61-76. Brown or 

 black above, uniform or with more or less regular pale brown cross 

 bands, disposed obliquely, and bifurcating on the sides ; lips black 

 and yellow ; belly yellowish, uniform or closely spotted or checkered 

 with black. 



Total length 1430 millim. ; tail 230. 



Amoorland, Corea, and Xorthern Japan. 



A. Brown (young) or black above, with paler oblique cross bands; 

 belly closely spotted with black. 



a. 2 (V. 220; C. 68). 



b. Yg. (V. 210 ; C. 68). 



Ussuri R. 



Seoul, Corea. 



Warsaw Museum [E.]. 



C. W. Campbell, Esq. [P.]. 



