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COLUBEID^. 



Allophis (Elaphis) nip-icaudus, Peters. Mon. Bed. Ac. 1872, p. 6SG. 

 Elaphis nigricaudus, Peters ^ Doria, Ann. Miis. Genova, xiii. 1878, 

 p. 387. 



Very much like C. oxycephalus, but snout more obtuse and 

 rather shorter, llostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; 

 iuternasals as long as broad, a little shorter than the prsefroutals ; 

 frontal onco and one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, as 

 ^ong as or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal at least twice as 

 long as deep ; one large pra30cular, in contact with the frontal ; 

 two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 or 2 + 3; nine or ten upper 

 labials, fifth to seventh entering the eye ; five or sis lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are much longer than 

 the posterior. Scales smooth or faintly keeled, in 23 or 25 rows. 

 Yentrals angulate laterally, 247-255 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 133-140. Olive or yellowish brown above, some or all of the 

 scales black-edged ; entirely black posteriorly and on the tail ; a 

 black lateral stripe may be present. 



Total length 11)90 millim, ; tail 450. 



North Celebes. 



32. Coluber frenatus. (Plate III. fig. 1.) 



Herpetodryas frenatus, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H, (2) xii. 1853, 



p. 390. 

 Gonyosoma frenatum. Gilnth. Cat. p. 123 (1868), and Rept. Brit, 



hid. p. 295 (1864) • Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 190 (1876). 

 Coluber frenatus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Bept. p. 335 (1890). 



Snout subacuminate, obliquely truncate and projecting. Rostral 

 a little broader than deep, hardly visible from above ; internasals 

 much shorter than the proefrontals ; frontal once and one third to 

 once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the 

 end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; no loreal, prsefrontal in 

 contact with the labials ; one large prseocular ; two postoculars ; 

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

 and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 

 19 rows, dorsals faintly keeled. Veutrals with a lateral keel, 203- 

 204; anal divided; subcaudals 120-121. Uniform bright green 

 above ; a black streak along each side of the head, passing through 

 the eye ; upper lip and lower parts pale green, ventral keel whitish. 



Total length 830 miliim. ; tail 240. 



Khasi Hills. 



a. 2 (V. 203 ; C. 120). Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. (Type.) 

 h. $ (V. 204 ; C. 121). Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



