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l'ouud ill its stomach. A certain amount of variation appears 

 to prevail in this species, the pholidosis on the head of 

 Dr. Day's specimen only corresponding entirely with the 

 right side of two of the British Museum specimens (three 

 postoculars, two elongated temporals) whereas the left side 

 of the same animal was different. The difference with the 

 third specimen was even more considerable. 



Tfojtidonofus quincunciafus Schleg. 



Specimens from the N. W. Provinces, Sind and Simla. 

 The number of the ventral scutes varies from 151 to 157, 

 that of the subcaudals from 62 to 82. In the specimen 

 from Simla the 4th and 5th upperlabials are united into 

 one plate. 



'Ft*opidonofus platyceps Blyth. 

 Three specimens from Simla. 



Ti^opitloMotus stolalus L. 



Two specimens from Madras. 



Tropiflonofns pTutnhicolof Cantor. 



Two specimens from Madras. 



Tvatfops pfusinus Reinw. 

 A green and a brown variety from Suddya. 



Ifipsas mul ti fascia f a Blyth. 



One specimen from Simla in which there are 108 sub- 

 caudals. 



Ijycodon sli'iafus Shaw. 

 One specimen from Simla. 



Naju tfipudians Merr. 

 A specimen from Madras. 



JSTotes from tlie Leyden ]Vluiseu.m, A''ol. IV. 



