G6 REPTILES. 



Var. E. Coluber umbratus, Daudin, Rept. t. vii. p. 144; 

 Russ. Ind. Serp. ii. t. 5 and 3. f. 1 (young). Coluber brunneus 

 and C. atratus, Hermann, Obs. Zool. i. p. 283. Natrix umbrata 

 and N.lugubris, Merr. Tent. p. 119, 133. Tropidonotus umbratus, 

 Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 309. 



Head and body uniform blackish ash ; head without black 

 streaks ; only a few scales black- or white-edged ; belly pale. 



^. Adult : head injured. Nepal. PresentedbyB. H. Hodgson, 

 Esq. 



gg. Adult : very bad state. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, 

 Esq. 



hh. Half-grown : bad state. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodg- 

 son, Esq. 



ii^nn. Adult and half-grown. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodg- 

 son, Esq. 



00. Adult. India. 



pp. Adult. Sandmch Islands. From the Haslar Collection. — 

 Entirely uniform blackish ash. 



Var. F. Like var. D., but scales very strongly keeled. 



qq, rr. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by A. Paul, Esq. 



ss. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



tt. Half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by Sir J. Banks. 



uu. Half-grown : bad state. Ceylon. Presented by R. Tem- 



pleton, Esq. 

 vv, WW. Half-grown and young. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's 



Collection. 

 XX. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Stevens's Collection. 

 yy. Young. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



5. Tropidonotus spilogaster. 



Tropidonotus spilogaster, Boie, Tsis, 1828, p. 559; Dum. ^ 

 Bibr. vii. p. 598. Tropidonotus quincunciatus, var., Schleg. Ess. 

 ii. p. 309; Eydoux 8f Gervais, Voy. de la Favorite, v. pi. 28. 



Scales in nineteen rows ; upper labials nine, the fourth, fifth 

 and sixth touching the orbit; anterior oculars two, posterior 

 three. Above brown, with three series of black spots, two lighter 

 longitudinal bands between; ventral plates with small, round, 

 black dots, in the middle and on the sides likewise. No streaks 

 from the eye across the hinder upper labials, but an obsolete 

 dark temple-streak ; a roundish white spot behind the occiput. 



a, b. Adult. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 c. Half-grown. Philippines. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



