103. ABLABES. 279 
_ labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 
shorter than the posterior, Scales in 15 rows, with a very feeble 
keel along their anterior half. Ventrals 174-192; anal divided; 
subcaudals 70-82, Olive above, the scales lighter in the centre; 
the lower scale on each side yellowish, margined with olive or black ; 
young with dark spots anteriorly and four dark longitudinal bands 
on the hinder half of the body, which disappear or become rather 
indistinct in the adult; upper lip and lower parts uniform 
yellowish. 
Total length 770 millim. ; tail 160. 
Loo Choo Islands and Japan. 
a-e. 3 (V. 190, 190, 190; Loo Choo Ids. H. Pryer, Esq. [P.]. 
C. 82, 76, Py & 2 (V. 192, 
187; C. 70, 72). 
yi Ye. (V. 185 ; C276) Great Loo Choo Mr. Holst [C.]. 
Tsland. 
g- Yg. (V. 174; C. 74). Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [C.]. 
(Type of C. nebulosus.) 
2. Ablabes major. 
Cyclophis major, Giinth. Cat. p. 120 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p. 230, pl. xvii. fig. (1864). 
Herpetodzyas chloris, Hallow. Proc, Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 503. 
Ablabes major, Boettg 'g. Ber. Senckenb. Ges. 1894, p. 140. 
Rostral as deep as broad or a little broader than deep, just 
visible from above ; nasal divided ; eye about two thirds the length 
of the snout; suture between the internasals shorter than that 
between the prefrontals ; frontal as long as or a little longer than 
its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal longer than deep; one pre- and two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
broader and a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. 
Ventrals 163-177; anal divided; subcaudals 70-87. Uniform 
green above, yellow beneath. 
Total length 960 millim. ; tail 250. 
China. 
aO'(V. 168: C. 71); Near Ningpo. (Type ) 
GOV A705. C..:82). Chusan Archipelago. J.J. Walker, Esq. { P.]. 
a ile 164; SE NE Shanghai. Liye Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
d-e. 9 (V. 170; C. 87) & Mountains North of A. E. Pr ratt, Esq. [C. |. 
yg. (V. 166; C. 82). Ku Kiang. 
-t. 9 (V. 170, 168, 176, Island of Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
171. oC286, 36, 85, 83). 
k-m. 9 (V. 168, 171, 169; China. 
C. 70, 76, 77). 
3. Ablabes doriz. 
Cyclophiops doriw, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) vi. 1888, p. 599, 
pl. vi. fig. 1. 
