62 COLTTBRID^. 



Spilotes radiatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 96 (1858). 

 Elaphis radiatus, Jan, Elenco, p. 61 (1863). 



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

 as long as broad or a little broader, shorter than the pra^frontals ; 

 frontal once and one sixth to once and a half as long as broad, as 

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

 snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal usually longer than deep ; 

 one large pra30cular ; two postoculars ; temporals usually 2 -f 2 ; 

 eight or nine upper labials, third to fifth, or fourth and fifth, or 

 fourth to sixth entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in 

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

 posterior. Scales in 19 rows (21 on the neck), more or less strongly 

 keeled on the posterior half of the body, the outer series without 

 trace of a keel. Ventrals with an obtuse lateral keel, 224-242 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 85-1 00. Yellowish brown above, with 

 one or two black stripes on each side of the anterior half of the back, 

 the lower usually broken up ; a black line across the occiput ; three 

 black lines radiating from the eye ; lower parts uniform yellow 

 or speckled with olive. 



Total length 1610 millim. ; tail 330. 



Southern China, Eastern Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, Burma, 

 Cochinehina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 



a. 2 (V. 242 ; C. 86). India. Capt. Stafford [P.l 



6. 2 (V. 235; C. 95). Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



c. Yg. (V. 239 ; C. 85). Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



d, e, f, (/. S (V. 231, 235 ; Toungoo. E. W. Gates, Esq. [P.]. 

 C. 95,?), 2 (V. 225; 



C.?),&hgr.(V.234; 



C. 94). 

 h. Yg. (V. 222; C. 85). Fort Stedman, Shan E. W. Gates, Esq. [P.]. 



States, 300U ft. 

 i. Yg. (V. 239 ; C. 92). Mergui. Dr. Cantor. 



(Type of T. guinque.) 

 ;b. Yg. (V.235; C.87). Mergui, Prof." Oldbam [P.]. 



l-m. c? (V. 228; C.86) Pinaug. Dr. Cantor. 



&vg. (V.224;C.94). 

 n. Yg. (V. 234 ; C. 96). Pinang. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



37. Coluber erythrurus. 



Plagiodon erythrurus, Binn. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 175 (1854) ; Teters, Mon. 



Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 684; Jan, Icon. Gen. 20, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1867) ; 



Steind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, c. i. 1891, p. 141. 

 Compsosoma melanurum, var., Dmn. ^ Bibr. t. c. p. 301 ; Giinth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 169. 

 Elapbis subradiatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 95 (1868). 

 Spilotes melanurus, part., Gi'mfh. I. c. p. 97. 

 Elaphis melauurus, var. mauillensis, Jan, Icon. Gen. 21, pi. iv. fig. 2 



(1867). 



melanurus, var. celebensis, Jan, I. c. pi. v. fig. 2. 



Compsosoma melanurum, var. erythrurum, Fischer, Jahrb. IViss. 



Anst. Hamb. ii. 1«85, p. 101. 



Yery closely allied to C. radiatus and C. melanurus, but differing 



