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21. Tropidonotus parallelus. (Tlaxe XIII. lig. 2.) 



Tropidonotus di]).*a3 {;non lilyth), Anders. An. Zool. Res. Yun/id/i, 



p. 819 (187i)). 

 paralleUis, liuulent/. Faun. Ind., licpt. p. 340 (1890). 



Eyo moderate. llostral broader tlian deep, just visible from 

 above ; intcrnasals as loiip: as broad, as long as or a little shorter 

 than the prefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and two thirds 

 as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end of the 

 snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one or 

 two (or three) praioculars ; three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 , 

 1 + 2, or 2 + 2 ; eiglxt u])per labials normally, third, fourtli, and tilth 

 entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 19 rows, strongly keeled, those of the outer row more or less 

 distinctly keeled. Ventrals 163-175; anal divided; subcaudals 

 73-95. Olive brown above, the scales edged with blackish, with 

 two yellowish, black-edged dorsal stripes running along the back 

 and tail ; a short yellow longitudinal streak behind the occiput ; a 

 black streak from the eye to the commissure of the mouth ; labials 

 yellow ; ventrals and subcaudals uniform yellow, or with a black 

 dot on each side. 



Total length 500 millira. ; tail 140. 



Sikkim, Khasi Hills, hills of Upper Burmah and Yunnan. 



a. d" (V. 160 ; 0. 75). Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. ^ 



h. c? (V. 167 ; C. 78). Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.j. j 



c-d. S (V. 163, 167; C. Khasi Hills? T. C. Jerdou, Lsq. 



73,73). [P.]. 



e. c? (V. 172 ; C. 86). Sanda, Upper Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. f 5 



Irrawaddv. I — 



/. $ (V. 167; C. ?). IL.tha Valley, Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. | 



Yunnan. J 



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22. Tropidonotus khasiensis. (Pirate Xlll. tig. 3.) 



Tropidonotus khasiensis, Boulemj. Faun. Ind., Rcjit. p. 344 (1890). 



Eye moderate, llostral broader than deep, scarcely visible from 

 above; interuasals as long as broad, broadly truncate in front, 

 nearly as lon«g as the pra'frontals ; frontal once and a half as long as 

 broad, slightly longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little longer 

 than deep ; one or two prteoculars ; three postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 1 ; nine upper labials normally, fourth, fifth, and sixth entering 

 the eye ; five lower labials in contact Avith the anterior chin-shields, 

 whicii are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows, rather 

 strongly keeled, the outer row smooth. Ventrals 150-154 ; anal 

 divided; subcaudals SO-100. Pale brown above, some of the 

 scales edged with darker ; head speckled with black, or with more or 

 less distinct yellowish dots or vcrmiculatious ; labials yellow in the 



