48, LYCODON. 350 



Cercaspis cariiiiitus, Diun. Sf Bihr. vii. p. i»90 (18i34) ; GimtJi. Cat. 

 p. :207 (I808), (Old licpt. Brit. Ind. p. '-Vl^ (18(J4); Jan, Icon. Gen. 

 ;J(), pi. vi. lig. 1 (1870). 



Snout much depressed, broad but not spatulate ; eye rather 

 small. Tlostral much broader than deep, visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the pncfrontals ; frontal slightly longer 

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

 shorter than the parietals; loreal elongate, not entering the eye, 

 Avidel}' separated from the internasal ; one prae- and two ])ost- 

 oculars ; temporals 2 + 3 ; nine upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth 

 entering the eye ; live lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 19 

 rows, strongly keeled. Ventrals 188-198, angulate laterally ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 52-64, in a single row. Black, encircled 

 by white rings which are broader on the belly than on the back ; 

 these annuli are broader in the young, the back of the head of 

 which is white. 



Total length 490 millim. ; tail 85. 



Ceylon. 



a. $ (V.194; 0.55). Ceylon. B. II. Barnes, Esq. [P.], 



h, c, d, e, f-h. 2 (V. 192, Ceylon. 



194; C. 54, 55) & vg. 



(V. 198, 191, 190, 188, 



190; C. 52, 55, 54, 58, 



56). 



15. Lycodon subcinctus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pi. xli. (1801). 



Lycodon subcinctus, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 551 ; Schleg. Phys. Serp. 



ii. p. 117, pi. iv. ligs. 14 & 15 (1837) ; Boideng. Fruc. Zool. Soc. 



1890, p. 34. 



platurinus, Cantor, Cat. Mai. liept. p. 69 (1847). 



Ophites subcinctus, Dmn. ^- Bihr. vii. p. 398 (1854) ; Gi'inth. Cat. 



p. 206 (1858), and liept. Brit. Ind. p. 322 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 



86, pi. V. fig. 4 (1870); Blanf. Froc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 222, 



pL. xxi. fig. 2. 

 Elapoides annulatus, Sauvai/e, Ball. Soc. P/iilont. (7) viii. 1884, 



p. 144. 



Snout much depressed, broad but not spatulate; eye rather small. 

 Eostral much broader than deep, just visible from above ; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the pra;frontals ; frontal slightly longer 

 than broad, shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 much shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate, usually entering 

 the eye, widely separated from the internasal ; no pra?ocular ; two 

 or three postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; eight upper labials, third, 

 fourth, and fifth (sometimes also the sixth) entering the eye ; four 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 usually longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, dorsals feebly 

 or faintly keeled. Ventrals 198-227, angulate laterally ; anal 

 divided (rarely entire) ; subcaudals 61-89 pairs. Dark brown or 



