242 COLUBRID. 
acy, ao? ©, St), Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [ P.]. 
(Type. 
b-c. ¢ (V.139; C.30) & yg. Udagama.  E. E. Green, Esq. [P.]. 
(V. 152; C. 28). 
13. Oligodon sublineatus. 
Oligodon sublineatus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 57 (1854); Guiinth. 
Cat. p. 21 (1858); Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, 
p. 88; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 209 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. 48, 
pl. i. fig. 2 (1876); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 320 (1890) ; 
W. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1x. 1891, p. 237. 
Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 
its distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals 
nearly as long as that between the prefrontals ; frontal longer than 
its distance trom the end of the snout, as long as the parietals, or 
slightly longer; loreal as long as deep, or a little longer, rarely 
absent; preocular single; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; 
seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; three or 
four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 
posterior chin-shields about two thirds the length of the anterior. 
Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 136-160; anal divided ; subcaudals 
26-35. Pale brown above, some of the scales edged with dark 
brown; frequently a more or less regular series of paired dark 
brown dorsal spots; head with dark brown markings; an angular 
transverse band anteriorly, passing through the eyes; a longitu- 
dinal band from the middle of the frontal to a little beyond the 
parietals, and a large spot on each side of the nape; the longitu- 
dinal band and the nuchal spots sometimes confluent; lower 
surfaces yellowish, with three (rarely two) longitudinal series of 
small dark brown spots, the lateral series often confluent into a line. 
Total length 315 millim. ; tail 35. 
Ceylon, Nicobars. 
a-b. 2 (V. 151, 160; C. 27, 28). Punduloya, E. E. Green, Esq. [P.]. 
4000 ft. 
Gycal Ve logs Case). Kandy. Capt. Gascoigne [P.]. 
uw, Ve, (Y. 169; C. 26). Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 
Pi 
e, f, g-0. & (V. 188, 1386; C. 35, Ceylon. ie 
34), 2 (V. 149, 149, 146, 152; 
C. 28, 27, 26, 26), & her. 
(V. 150, 147, 137, 146; C. 29, 
29, 32, 31). 
14. Oligodon ellioti. ¥i 
Oligodon ellioti, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 207, pl. xix. fig. G 
(1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 321 (1890). 
Nasal divided; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 
distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals as long 
as that between the preefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance 
