358 COLTJBRID.T). 



12. Lycodon fasciatus. 



Ophites fasciatus, Anders. An. Zuol. lies. Yunnan, p. 8l^7, pi. Ixxviii. 



fig. 1 (1879). 

 Lycodou fasciatus, Boulenr/. Faun. Ind., Hept. p. 295 (1890) ; W. L. 



"^ Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ix. 1801, p. 234. 



Snout depressed, not spatulate ; eye rather small. Rostral 

 nearly twice as broad as deep, just -visiSle from above; internasals 

 half as long as the prsefrontals ; frontal slightly longer than broad ; 

 loreal long and tapering to a point posteriorly, entering the eye, 

 widely separated from the internasal ; one prteocular ; two post«- 

 oculars ; temporals 2 + 2 or 2 + 3 ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, 

 and fifth entering the eye ; four or five lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than 

 the posterior. 17 rows of feebly keeled scales, the keels becoming 

 more pronounced posteriorly. Yentrals 205-213, obtusely angulate; 

 anal eutire ; subcaudals 77-90 pairs. Body encircled by broad pur- 

 plish-black bands separated by yellowish or reddish intervals ; the 

 first black band does not encircle the neclc. 



Total length 530 millim. ; tail 110. 



Western Yunnan, Burma, Assam. 



a. S (V. 205; C. 77). Shillong, Assam. Gen. H. Collett [P.]. 



h 9 (V. 207 ; 0. 81). Toungvi, Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway 

 5000 ft. [C.]. 



13. Lycodon gammiei. 



Ophites gammiei, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvii. 1878, p. 130. 

 Lycodon gammiei, Boule?i(/. Faun. Ind., Itejit. p. 296 (1890). 



Head flat ; eye small. Body slender, compressed. liostral about 

 as broad as deep ; internasals much smaller than the prjefrontals : 

 frontal very little longer than broad, with convex sides; loreal 

 small, elongate ; one praeocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 irregular ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the 

 eye; two elongate chin-shields of about equal length, the anterior in 

 contact with five lower labials. Scales in 19 rows, the nine dorsal 

 rows keeled, five rows at each side smooth. Ventrals 214, bluntly 

 angulate at the sides ; anal entire ; subcaudals 101 pairs. Body 

 surrounded by alternating dusky and light rings with very 

 irregular crooked margins : head above dusky olivaceous with pale 

 spots in the middle of most of the shields ; an imperfect pale 

 collar behind the head ; lower surface of head and neck whitish. 



Total length 800 millim. ; tail 180. 



South-eastern Sikkim. 



14. Lycodon carinatus. 



Ilurria cariiiata, KuM, Beitr. Zool. Venjl. Anat. p. 95 (1820). 

 liVcodon cariuatus, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 109, pi. iv. tigs. 6 it 7 

 "(1837) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 297 (1890). 



