igog.] F. Wall : Some Indian Ophidia. 147 



Dryocalamiis gracilis^ Giinther. 



The specimen, No. 8690 from False Island, Arakan coast (?), 

 referred by Sclater to Hydrophohus davisoni is, I think there can 

 be no doubt, Dryocalamus gracilis. The scale rows are 15, the 

 ventrals 236, subcaudals 85, anal divided. The loreal touches the 

 e3'e and has a small praeocular above. There are twenty-three 

 whitish bands on the body, and fourteen on the tail. I think 

 there is a good reason to doubt the locality for this specimen, as 

 the snake is known otherwise only from Peninsular India. I have 

 seen two specimens in life, both in Berhampore (Orissa). The ven- 

 trals and subcaudals were 243+79, and 235 + 87. In the former 

 there were twenty-six bands on the body, and in the latter twent}'- 

 eight. 



Ablabes gilgiticus, Annandale. 



I have lately seen the type specimen of this species (described 

 by Dr. Annandale, /. A. S. Bengal, 1905, p. 210) which proves to 

 be Trachischiiim fuscuni (Blyth). Dr. Annandale had already dis- 

 covered the true identity of the specimen. The appearance of this 

 species so far to the west of what had previously been known as 

 its habitat is most interesting, and should serve to impress one 

 with the limited knowledge we still possess of the snakes inhabit- 

 ing the Himalayas although so many collectors have contributed 

 to our knowledge of the fauna of that extensive Range. Previously 

 the species had not been known to the west of Nepal. 



Bungarus magnimaculatus , Wall and Evans. 



In the Journ. Bom. Nat. Hist. Sac, vol. xiii, p. 611, Capcain 

 (now Colonel) Evans and I made reference to a krait which we 

 thought a species up to that time not described, but contented 

 ourselves with making the type of a new variety of B. cceruleiis 

 under the title magnimaculatiis . I have now seen five examples 

 of this form, and have critically examined at the lowest computa- 

 tion over 200 specimens of cceruleus, and I am decidedly of opinion 

 that magnimaculatus deserves recognition as a distinct species. 

 Two of the five specimens I have examined are in the Indian 

 Museum, and are the very ones remarked upon by Sclater (/. A. S. 

 Bengal, Ix, p. 245). As the form has never been properly described, 

 I propose to do so now. 



Description. — Rostral touches 6 shields, the rostro-nasal 

 sutures are longer than the rostro-internasal. Internasals 2, the 

 suture between the fellows about half that between the prsefrontal 

 fellows, half to three-fifths the internaso-prsefrontal sutures. 

 Prsefrontals 2, the suture between them nearly twice the prse- 

 fronto-frontal sutures ; in contact with internasal, postnasal, prae- 

 ocular and supraocular. Frontal touches 6 shields, the fronto- 

 parietal sutures longest. vSupraoculars : length three-fourths to 

 four-fifths frontal, breadth half or rather more than half frontal. 

 Nasals touch the ist and 2nd supralabials. Prseocular i. Post- 



