156 F. Wall: Himalayan Snakes. [Vol. I, 



[Occurs at least as high as 5,000 feet in Kumaon, and is said to 

 be found occasionaUy at Darjihng (6,000 feet)^ — N. A.] 



2. Tropidonotus piscator. 



There are two examples from Pharping (5,000 feet). These are 

 greenish olive, and somewhat indistinctly chequered, the darkish 

 spots being ill defined and smaller than the interspaces. 



[Common in the Bhim Tal.— N. A.] 



3. Tropidonotus platyceps. 

 An example from Pharping (5,000 feet). Quite typical. 



4. Tropidonotus stolatus. 



Four examples from Gowchar and Pharping (5,000 feet). 

 Quite typical. 



[Common at Bhim Tal. — N. A.] 



5. Tropidonotus chrysargus. 



Two small specimens from Chitlong, Little Nepal Valley, I have 

 little hesitation in referring to this species. They are nearly uniform 

 olive-green in colour, with two white dots on the head, one on each 

 parietal shield. The upper lip is white, abruptly defined above. 

 The labial sutures are not pigmented. In A specimen the chin 

 shields are finely specked with grey ; in B purely white. There are 

 some shield differences between the two specimens which, however, 

 I do not consider sufficient to separate them, as they agree in other 

 respects. 



A specimen. — Ventrals 173. Subcaudals 80. Nasal shields 

 touch the first supralabial only. Temporals 2 + 2 . 



B specimen. — Ventrals 184 ? Subcaudals 88. Nasal shields 

 touch the first and second supralabials Temporals 1 + i. 



The scales in both are 19 in anterior and midbody, 17 at a point 

 two headslengths before the vent. The labials are 8, with the 

 third, fourth and fifth touching the eye in both specimens. 



6. Trachischium tenuiceps. 

 Two quite typical specimens are from Chandragiri (8,000 feet). 



7, Lycodon aulicus. 



One example of Boulenger's Variety D {Catalogue^ vol. i, 

 p. 353) from Katmandu, Nepal Valley (4,500 feet). 



1 Rai Bahadur R. B. Saiiyal tells ine that he has seen a .specimen killed near 

 the town of Darjiling. — N. A. 



