206 COLUBRID^. 



15. Coronella brachynra. 



Zameiiis brachj'urus, GiinfJi. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (3) xviii. 186G, 

 p. 27, pi. vi. fig. A. ; Blanf. Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, 

 p. 372 ; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 176 ; Theob. Cat. Rept. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 171 (1876). 



Coronella brachyura, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 309 (1890). 



Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals shorter than that between the prsefroutals ; frontal 

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

 end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long 

 as deep; one prgeocular : two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2; eight 

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

 in contact with the anterior chin -shields, which are slight!}' longer 

 than the posterior ; the latter widely separated from each other by 

 three series of scales. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 213-223 ; 

 anal entire ; subcandals 46-53. Olive-brown above, with rather 

 indistinct light variegations on the anterior half of the body ; lower 

 surface whitish. 



Total length 445 millim. ; tail 55. 



Deccan. 



«. 2 (V. 223; C. 46). Poonali. Dr. Leith [P.]. (Type.) 



16. Coronella punctata. 



Cnluber piirictatus, Linn. S. N. i. p. 376 (1766) ; Dnud. Rept. vii. 



p. 178 (1803) ; Harlan, Journ. Ac. Philad. v. 1827, p. 354, and 



Med. Phys. Res. p. 117 (18.35) ; <S?om-, Rep. Fish. ^ Rept. Mns.^. 



p. 225 (1839) ; Holbr. N. Am. Herp. iii. p. 81, pi. xviii. (1842) ; 



DeEay, N. Y. Faun. iii. p. .39, pi. xiv. fig. 29 (1842). 



torquatus, Shaiv, Zool. iii. p. 653 (1802). 



Calamaria punctata, Sc/ileff. Phys. Serp). ii. p. 39 (1837). 



Diadophis punctatus, ^rt?>f? lS- Gir. N. Am. Rept. p. 112(1853); 



Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 250 ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. 



ii. 1863, p. 263, and Icon. Gen. 15, pi. vi. %. 1 (1866); Garm. N. 



Am. Rept. p. 72, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1883) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Me.r., Rept. 



p. 618, pi. xl. fig. 1 (1886) ; Cope, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, 



p. 617 ; H. Garm. Bull. lUin. Lah. iii. 1892, p. 300. 

 Ablabes punctatus, Dum. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 310 (1854) : Giinth. Cat. 



p. 28 (1858). 



occipitalis, Giinth. I. c. p. 29. 



Diadophis occipitalis. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 250. 



punctatus, var. pallidus, Cope, I. c. ; Bocourt, I. c. p. 621. 

 s, Cope, /. c. p. 251. 



Snout not prominent ; rostral nearly twice as broad as deep, just 

 visible from above ; suture between the internasals shorter than 

 that between the pra^frontals ; frontal a little longer than its dis- 

 tance from the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the 

 parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little deeper than long ; two 

 (rarely one) prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1; seven 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, or eight, fourth 



