280 COLUBRIDiE. 



Ablabes dorite, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 306 (1890) ; W. L. 

 Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ix. 1891, p. 235. 



Snout convex, profile curved from the frontal region to the lip ; 

 rostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; nostril between two 

 nasals ; internasals a little shorter than the prajfrontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal small, a little longer than deep ; a large prseocular, 

 usually with a second, very small, below ; two or three postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 2 or 2 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields about half as largo as the 

 anterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 173-187 ; anal undivided; 

 subcaudals 77-80. Uniform green above, white below, the green 

 colour extending on to the ends of the ventrals. 



Total length 910 millim. ; tail 210. 



Kakhyen Hills and Assam. 



a. Yg. (V. 173 ; C. 77). Kakhyen Hills. M. L. Fea [C.]. 



(One of the types.) 



4. Ablahes frenatus. 



Dipsas monticola {non Cant.), Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beny. xxiii. 



1854, p. 294. 

 Cyclophis frenatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 120 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ivd. 



p. 230, pi. xix. fig. I (1864) ; Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, 



p. 80 ; Anders. Proc. Zoul. Soc. 1871, p. 188 ; Theob. Cat. Rept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 157 (1876) ; Blanf. Zool. E. Persia, p. 408 (1876). 

 Ablabes frenatus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 306 (1890). 



Snout short, convex ; eye rather large, three fourths the length 

 of the snout ; rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; nasal 

 divided or semidivided, suture between the internasals shorter than 

 that between the prsefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the parietals ; 

 loreal small, as long as deep or a little longer ; one pra30cular ; two 

 postoculars, only the upper in contact with the parietal ; temporals 

 1 + 2, rarely 2 -[- 2 ; upper labials seven, third and fourth entering 

 the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Ventrals 151-163 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 87-90. Olive above, 

 the scales on the anterior part of the body black-edged ; a broad 

 black stripe from the eye to the nape, gradually narrowing and 

 disappearing on the anterior fourth of the body ; four light longi- 

 tudinal narrow lines more or less distinct on the front half of the 

 body ; lower surface uniform j'ellow. 



Total length 690 miUim. ; tail 230. 



Khasi Hills ; Assam. 



a. 6 (V. 161 ; C. 95). ["Mountains near Af- Dr. Griffith. E. India 



ghanistan."] Khasi Co. [P.]. (Type.) 

 Hills. 



b. Hgr. (V. 151:0. 87). Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdou, Esq. [P.]. 



c. S (V. 163; C. 96). [Mesopotamia.] 



