20 BUNGARUS CARULEUS. 
Callophis Macclellandia. 
This species of callophis is described by Giinther as follows :— 
“ Upper labials, seven; temporals, small, 1+1+41; anal bifid. Head 
and neck black above, with a yellow cross band behind the eyes. Body 
and tail reddish-brown, generally with a black vertebral line from the 
nape to the tip of the tail. Belly yellowish, with black cross-bands or 
quadrangular black spots.” 
Varieties. —“ a. Belly with uninterrupted black cross-bands, alter- 
nately limited to the belly, or extending up the sides of the body, so as 
to cover scales of the four outer rows, and give the appearance of a 
lateral series of large black spots. The three last cross-bands of the 
trunk form complete rings crossing the vertebral line; tail with three 
other black rings. This specimen is twenty-six and one-third inches 
long ; tail, two and one-third inches; ventrals, 218 ; sub-caudals, 28. 
“B. Belly with quadrangular black spots, rather irregularly disposed, 
and not extending up the sides. Tail without black rings. This speci- 
men is eighteen inches long; tail, one and a half inch ; ventrals, 224 ; 
sub-caudals, 25. 
‘“‘y. The cross-bands reach entirely across the back, forming rings, 
from twenty-two to twenty-eight in number; no black vertebral line, 
which, however, is indicated by isolated small spots. Ventrals, 198— 
218; sub-caudals, 27-34. Varieties a and f are from Nepaul and Dar- 
jeeling ; y from Assam.” 
