2G8 



COLUBRIDJE. 



shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or deeper, some- 

 times entering the eye ; two pneoculars ; three or fonr postocuhirs ; 

 temporals 2 + ;} or 4 ; seven ui)per hibials, third and fonrth entering 

 the eve ; four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

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

 keeled, in 23 to 27 rows. Ventrals 144-160 ; anal usually divided; 

 subcaudals 35-50, Dull green above, uniform or with traces of black 

 markings ; young with a large ^- or chevron-shaped black mark 

 on the nape and occiput, the point on the frontal shield, bordered 

 posteriorly with bright yellow ; a black band from the eye to the 

 angle of the mouth, and more or less regular transverse black spots 

 or bands on the body ; belly blackish, or yellowish with or without 

 brown spots. 



Total length 770 millim. ; tail 90. 



India and Ceylon. 



a. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 149; 



0. 40). 

 b-c. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 160, 



157; C. 41, 42). 



d. 2 (Sc. 25; V. 148; 

 C. 39). 



e. 2 (Sc. 25; V. 156; 

 C. 43). 



/-y. c? (Sc. 27 ; V. 159 ; 



C. 45) & vg. (Sc. 25; 



V. 154 ; a 38). 

 h, i-m. S (Sc. 25 ; V. 146 ; 



C. 40), hgr. (Sc. 25; 



V. ]55; C. 50), & yg. 



(Sc. 23, 23, 26 ; V. 152, 



153,153; C. 40, 40, 36). 

 n^Q. S (Sc. 25; V. 156; 



C. 43) & yg. (Sc. 25 ; 



V. 154 ; C. 39). 

 p. 2 (Sc. 23; V. 156; 



C. 36). 

 ij-s. 2 (Sc. 27 ; V. 152 ; 



C. 39), hgr. (Sc. 25; 



V. 144 ; C. 35), & yg. 



(Sc.2o; V. 148;C.44). 

 t. Yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 151 ; 



0.45). 

 u. Yg. (Sc. 27 ; V. 151 ; 



C. 42). 



Subbut Rungee, 



Bengal. 

 N. India. 



Lanowli, Deccan. 



Poonah. 



Miitheran. 



Madras. 



Anamallays. 



Anaraallays,4700 feet. 



Coonoor, Nilgherries, 

 5900 feet. 



Sir E. Home [P.]. 



— Hearse V, Esq. 



[P.]-. 

 H. Phipson, Esq. 



[P-J- 

 Dr. Leith [P.]. 



Dr. Leith [P.]. 



Sir W. Elliot IT.1. 



Col. Beddome [C.]. 



Ceylon. 

 Java (?). 



W. Davison, 



[P.]. _ 

 W. Davison, 



[C.]. 



Dr. Horsfield. 



Esq. 

 Esq. 



12. LIOHETERODON. 



Leioheterodon. Dnm. ^- Biln: Erp. fien., Atlas, pi. Ixix. (1844). 

 Heterudon, part., Dum. Sf Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 764 (1854) ; UUntJi. 



Cat. Col. Sn. p. 82 (1858). 

 Anouialodon, Jait, An It. Zool. Anat. P/ii/s. ii. 1863, p. 227. 



^axillary teeth 10 to 12, followed, after an interspace, hy a 

 pair of strongly enlarged fangs ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head 



