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71. Scales carinated on body, 25 rows; second upper labial forms ante- 
rior margin of the preorbital pit ; supranasals separated by an azygos 
shield. Color above and below a rich brown. Belly and sides conspicu- 
ously marked with white spots. 
Crotalus Trimeres. Wardii. 
Jerdon proposes this name for a species described as— 
Greenish with purplish-brown diamond spots on back and _ sides. 
Length 11/7 to 147”. 
Habitat, Nilgherries. 
Second Species—CROTALUS PELTOPELOR ( Giinther). 
Crotalus Peltopelor macrolephis. 
ef Trimeres. ce Beddome. 
Habitat, Anamallay Mountains, at from 4000 to 6000 feet 
elevation. ° 
Length 21’; tail 43/”.. Abdominal scuta 1383 to 188; subcaudal squame 
58 to 56. Rostral triangular, erect. Head covered with large plate-like 
scales. Color dark green, lighter below ; last row of scales on each side 
white from neck to tail; scales in 12 to 14 rows, smallest ones form the 
white stripe; all pointed and highly carinated. 
Third Speciese—CrotaLus HALys (Gray). 
Habitat, Hindostan. 
This species is distinguished by a broad, obtuse head covered with 
shields in 23 to 27 series. Carinated scales; has squame. Taz short, ter- 
minates in a spine or thornlike point. 
This species has the following varieties, viz. : 
No. 1. Crotalus Halys Elliottii. 
2. 5 «¢  Himalayanus. 
No. 1. Crotalus Halys Elliottit. 
Trigonocephalus Elliottii (Jerdon), is: 
Length two feet and upwards. Abdominal scuta 151; subcaudal 
