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suture Ijetween the fellows two-thirds the prsefronto-frontal 

 sutures, in contact with internasal, loreal, prseocular, eye and 

 supraocular. Frontal in contact with 6 shields, the supra- 

 ocular sutures are smallest, about two- thirds the parietals, and 

 three-fifths the prasfrontals. Supraoculars half as long as and 

 one-third as broad as the frontal. Nasals touch the ist and 2nd 

 supralabials, undivided. Loreal in contact with the internasals. 

 Pra^oculars 2, small. Postoculars 2 on the right side, i on the 

 left entireh' cutting off the labials from the eye. Temporals : a 

 single anterior shield which, however, especially on the right side, 

 appears to be a confluence of 2 — an upper and a lower. Supra- 

 labials 7, the seventh longest, none touching the eye. Sublinguals: 

 three large pairs of broad shields with no mental groove between, 

 followed by a very large first ventral. Costals two headslengths 

 after head 15, midbod}^ 15, two headslengths before vent 15. 

 Vertebrals not enlarged. Ventrals 156. Anal entire, Subcaudals 

 ^y, divided. Body compressed. Eye large, pupil vertical. Colour 

 uniform dark olive-black. 



I can see no dift'erence in the lepidosis between this and 

 macularius except in the temporal, which is possibl}^ aberrant The 

 2nd and 3rd supralabials touch the loreal (instead of the 2nd only), 

 but the same anomaly is seen in specimen No. 8026 in the Indian 

 Museum from Mataban, which is one of the types of macularius. 

 The only real dift'erence appears to me to be in the colours, but 

 the specimen may be a melanotic form of macularius. 



Here I may soy that I count the ventrals and subcaudals 

 of the three type specimens of macularius 169-I-40, 168-1-48, and 

 170+51- 



