122 



colubiitd.t:. 



Head narrow, elongate, with angular canthus rostralis and 

 slightly concave lores. Eostral once and one third to twice as 

 broad as deep ; suture between the internasals nearly as long as 

 that between the praefrontals ; frontal narrow, much longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; 

 loreal as long as deep or a little longer than deep ; 1 praeocular ; 

 2 or 3 postoculars and 1 or 2 suboculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 

 2 + 3 ; 9 upper labials, fourth entering the eye ; 5 or 6 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long 



Fig. 41. — Head of A'otocIiropJiis cerascgaster. 



as or a little shorter than the posterior. Scales strongly keeled, 

 in 19 rows. Ventrals 140-151 ; anal divided; subcaudals 60-79. 

 Brown above, with or without darker spots and with a more or 

 less distinct paler dorso-lateral stripe ; lower parts cherry-red to 

 purplish black, with a yellow stripe on each side extending from 

 the lips to the end of the tail. Iris crimson. 



Total length 600 millim. ; tail 140. 



Oude, Bengal, Assam, Khasi Hills. Eecorded from the Province 

 Wellesley by Cantor, and also obtained in Larut, Perak, by 

 "Wray. 



GJeuus TEOPIDONOTUS. 



Kuhl, iu Fdrussac, Bull. So. Nat. ii, p. 81 (1824). 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 30 (40), posterior longest; mandibular 

 teetli subequal. Head more or less distinct from neck ; eye 

 moderate or large, with round pupil. Body cylindrical ; scales 

 keeled (or smooth), usually Avith apical pits, in 17 or 19 (15-23) 

 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail moderate or long ; subcaudals in 

 two rows. 



Europe, Asia, Africa, North Australia, North and Central 

 America. 



