NOTES ON SOME CEYLON SNAKES. 401 
DRYOPHIS MYCTERIZANS (Linné). 
Two from Anasigalla :— 



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| Costals. | 
| a <a BR eae | 
| im] i | } 
hate |. ted eee 
| a | & oe 33 | 
| A) oe ne | Nee Remarks. 
| a Sc re ees ~ 3 | 
eave @iety (ae oil ae pee al 
& |} @|/2e| 8 |Fel eg | 3 
Mera (oats | ears Oise) et lana 
eee te te ee 
eee ae i —— — = A Ne ee 
1920. | | | 
July 18 |g} 857) 15} 15) 13) 179) 165 <== 
July 13 9 |1054) 15) 15; 13) 178) 125) Tail deficient. Gravid. 

| | | | Contained two sacs 35 
| mm. long. 
Do. {2 

298} 15| 15] 13) 184] 151) Foetus of above folded nine 
| times. 
[Diy IES | 324' 15) 15; 11 179) 171 Feetus of above folded ten 
times. Genitalia not 
| | |  exserted. 





DRYOPHIS PULVERULENTUS (Dumeril & Bibron). 
One ¢ specimen from Anasigalla killed on September 23 is 
1.007 mm. (3 feet 114 inches) long. Ventrals 187. Sub- 
caudals 182. A lizard (Calotes spec ?) in stomach. 
CHRYSOPELEA ORNATA (Shaw), 
A $ specimen from Vavuniya killed on August 10 measures 
(tail slightly deficient) 755 mm. (2 feet 53? inches). Ventrals 
206. Subcaudals 113? Unlike every other specimen of this 
species I have seen the last ventral is not bifid. 
This constitutes a colour variety quite new to me. The 
ground colour dorsally is olive-brown. The body is crossed 
by black zig-zag bars narrowing in the flanks, and most 
conspicuous in the anterior part of the body. Ventrally 
yellowish-gray, most ventrals with a black spot in the suture 
just outside the keel. Head with the usual double crossbars. 
