HYPSIRHINA. 



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Fig. 49. — Head oi HyiJsirhina 2)lumhea. 



172. Hypsirhina indica. 



Raclitia indica, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 67 (1842). 



Hi/psirhina indica, Eouleng. Cat. Sn. iii, p. 4, pi. i, tig. 1 (1896). 



Eostral broader than deep ; internasals distiuct ; frontal as 

 broad as or narrower than the supraocular (which appears to 

 have fused with an upper postocular), little longer than broad, as 

 long as its distance from the rostral or the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep, in contact with the 

 internasal ; one prse- and one postocular ; temporals 1 + 2 ; 8 

 upper labials, fourth entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior ; 

 the latter separated from each other by scales. Scales in 19 rows. 

 Ventrals 173-175 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 28-34. Dark 

 purplish brown above, with a few interrupted, yellowish, trans- 

 verse Hues on the occiput and anterior part of the body ; sides 

 with yellowish (red?) vertical bars; belly yellowish *(red ?), 

 spotted with black. 



Total length 345 millim. ; tail 40. 



The only known specimens, the types in the British Museum, 

 are supposed to be from the Malay Peninsula. 



