HY DROPHISANIGRA (N.S.), Anperson. 
“Neck but moderately slender, less than two-thirds the length of 
the body. Head broader than neck, long, with nearly straight sides, | 
the pree-orbital equalling the temporal breadth. Snout moderately 
long, broad, rounded, and rather spatulate. Rostral much broader than 
high, its posterior extremity being on a line with the rostro-labial 
suture; feebly notched on its inferior margin. Nasals broader poste- 
riorly than they are long. The third labial not in contact with the 
nasal, and it is almost excluded from the orbit by the fourth labial and 
pre-ocular. One post-ocular. The fifth and sixth labials transversely 
divided. Two temporals, of which the anterior is the larger. Two 
pairs of chin-shields, the anterior in contact, the shields of the posterior 
pair separated by an azygos scale. Thirty-two rows of scales round the 
body, slightly imbricate and smooth. Ventrals, forty-eight; the first 
twenty-five or so six times as large as the adjoining scales, which are 
rather small; the remainder diminish in size, but nearly all are distinct 
and undivided. Three pair's of anal-shields, of which the outer are the 
largest. 
“Uniform intense black, without any trace of markings. Length, 
19”, of which the tail is 2”. Length of snout to occiput, 0” 7”. 
Breadth across the angle of the mouth, 0” 4”. Breadth before the 
eyes, 0” 4”. Breadth on a line with nasal suture, 0” 3’. Snout to 
eye, 0” 3’. Hye to angle of mouth, two and a half lines. Angle of 
jaw to tip of snout, 0” 8’. Locality—Pooree, Cuttack.” 
Hydrophis Nigrocincta. 
‘Head small ; neck slender, its length being about one-fourth of the 
total ; body moderately elongate. ostral shield rather broader than 
long; only the fourth upper labial forms the lower part of the orbit ; 
