96 REPTILES. 



On the side of the anterior part of body a series of large black 

 spots (sometimes with a white centre), continued from the mid- 

 dle of trunk to the tip of tail as a broad brown longitudinal 

 band. 



a. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 

 h. Adult : not good state. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, 

 Esq. 



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



d. Half-grown. Ceylon. Presented by A. Paul, Esq. 



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

 /. Adult. Madras. Presented by Walter ElHott, Esq. 

 g. Adult. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 

 h. Adult : rather discoloured. India. Old Collection. 

 i. Half-grown. India. 



k. Nearly half-grown. India. 



I. Young : bad state. India. From the Haslar Museum. 



6. Spilotes, Wagler. 



Body and tail much elongate and compressed; head with 

 rounded muzzle and moderate rostral shield; one loreal, one 

 anterior, two or three posterior oculars. Scales keeled (in Sp. 

 corais smooth). Teeth equal, smooth. South America; East 

 Indies. 



Spilotes, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 179 ; Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 218. 

 Compsosoma, sp., Dum, 4* ^^br. p. 291. Coluber, sp., Ldnn. 

 Mus. Ad. Fried. ; Boie, his, 1827, p. 536 ; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 125. 

 Natrix, sp., Wagl. Serp. Bras. 



1. Spilotes radiatus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. t. 42. Coluber radiatus, Reinw. ; Boie, 

 Isis, 1827, p. 536; Schleg. Ess. t. 5. f. 5, 6; Cantor, Catal. 

 p. 73. Ccelognathus radiatus, Fitz. Syst. p. 26. Compsosoma 

 radiatura, Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 292. 



Body elongate, compressed. Scales in nineteen rows ; anal 

 entire;^ two posterior oculars. Above hght brown, with four 

 black longitudinal bands ; a transverse black narrow streak across 

 the occiput to the back edge of the eye, another broader from 

 the eye to the angle of the mouth, and a third from the lower 

 edge of the eye to the lip. 



a. Adult. India. Presented by Captain Stafford. 



b. Adult. Sikkim. Presented' by Dr. J. Hooker. 



c. Half-grown. Khasya Hills. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



