60. COLUBER. 55 



g. Yg. (Sc. 23; V. 229; Nikko. Mr. Whitely [C.]. 



0. loy). 



h-i. Yg. (Sc. 25, 23 ; V. Mvauoshita. J. H. Leecb, Esq. 



232,226; C. 100,97). " [P.]. 



h. S (Sc. 2-5 ; V. 234 ; Ouseu Mt., Shiuiabara. Mr. Hoist [C.]. 



C. 99). 



27. Coluber phyllophis. 



Elaphis sauromates (iion Pall.), Giinth. Cat. p. 93 (1858). 



sauromates, part., Giinth. Itept. Brit. hid. p. 241, pi. xxi. 



%. E (1864). 

 PhvUophis carinata, Giinth. I. c. p. 295, pi. xxi. fig. B, and Ann. 8)- 



May. N. H. (Oj i. 1888, p. ] 70. 

 Elaphis, sp., Strauch, Schl. Rus-t. R. p. 99 (1873) ; Bedriarja, Ball. 



Sue. Nat. Mosc. Ivi. 1882, p. 309. 

 Coluber pbyllophis, Bouleny. Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (6) vii. 1891, 



p. 280. 



Snout projecting ; eye rather large. Rostral much broader than 

 deep, visible from above ; nasal sometimes entire or semi-divided ; 

 internasals as long as broad, or a little longer, at least as long as 

 the praefrontals ; frontal once and one third to once and two thirds 

 as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral or the end 

 of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than 

 deep ; one prseocular, with a subocular below it ; two postoculars ; 

 temporals 2 + 3 or 3 + 3; eight (rarely nine) upper labials, fourth 

 and fifth (or fifth and sixth) entering' the e)-e ; four or five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, whitih are nearly 

 as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 23 rows 

 very strongly keeled, outer row smooth. Ventrals obtusely augu- 

 late laterally, 209-220 ; anal divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 

 80-96. Young pale olive above, with traces of a few black trans- 

 verse bands on the anterior part of the bod}', and a brown lateral 

 line on the posterior part of the body and along the tail ; labials 

 yellowish, with brown sutures ; belly yellowish, with a series of 

 black dots on each side. The adult of a darker coloration, most of 

 the scales and shields having black borders ; anterior part of back 

 usually with more or less distinct black cross bands ; belly more or 

 less dotted or spotted with black, the posterior ventrals and the 

 subcaudals usually edged with black. 



Total length 1800 millim.; tail 380. 



China. 



a-c, d. S (V. 213, 215 ; Kiu Kiang. A. P]. Pratt, Esq. 



A. 2,1; C. 93,87), 2 [C.]. 



(V.215; A. 2; C. 83) ; 



& yg. (V. 210; A. 1; 



C. 86). 

 e. S (V. 209 ; A. 2 ; C. 90). Wu-lee Lake, 25 miles P.W. Bassett-Smith, 



S. ofNingpo. Esq. [P.l 



/. $ (V. 213 ; A. 2 ; C. Near Ningpo. 



80). 



