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loreal replaced by anterior ocular, third labial and posterior 

 nasal ; two nasals, nostril between ; one anterior, three (excep- 

 tionally two or four) posterior oculars, third labial forming the 

 lower half of front edge of orbit. Scales smooth, much imbricate; 

 number of dorsal longitudinal rows subject to great variation. 

 Anterior ribs longer, neck distensible. Anal entire ; subcaudals 

 two-rowed. Grooved fang in front ; one or two smaller ones, not 

 grooved, behind. Africa ; East Indies. 



Naja, Laurenti, Syn. p. 197 ; Merr. Tent. p. 147; Gray, Ind. 

 ZooL; Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 1275; Fischer, Abhdlg. Gebiete 

 Naturw. Hamb. 1856, p. 22. Naja, sp., Boie, Isis, 1827, p- 537 ; 

 Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 460. Aspis, Uraeus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 173. 

 Vipera, sp., Latr, Rept. iv. p. 10 ; Baud. vi. p. 62. Coluber, sp., 

 vet. auct. 



1. Naja tripudians. 



Scheuchz. t. 749. f. 9 ; Seba, i. 44. 1, ii. 85. 1. 89. 1-4. 90. 1. 

 94. 1-4 ; Kcempf. AmxBn. p. 565. t. . Coluber naja, L. Mus. Ad. 

 Fried, i. t. 25. f. 1, and Syst. Nat. i. p. 382; Lacep. ii. pp. 102, 

 104 ; Laurenti, Syn. p. 91 ; Shaw, Zool. iii. p, 409 ; Russell, Ind. 

 Serp. i. t. 5, 6. ii. t. 1. Vipera naja, Latr. Rept. iv. p. 10 ; Daud. 

 vi. p. 62. Naja tripudians, Merr. Tent. p. 147 ; Gray, Ind. Zool. ; 

 Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 557; Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 466; Dum. Sf Bibr. 

 p. 1293. Aspis naja, Wagl. Amph. p. 173. 



Sixth upper labial small, forming a suture with a very large 

 temporal; generally with a spectacles-like mark on the neck. 

 East Indies. 



Var. A. Brownish olive, with very conspicuous, white, black- 

 edged spectacles on the neck. Scales in the middle of trunk 

 generally in more than twenty-one rows, sometimes in nineteen. 



a. Adult. Madras. Presented by J. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



b. Young. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



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



d. Adult : not good state. China. 



€. Adult : not good state. Bengal. Presented by W. C. Masters, 



Esq. 

 /. Half-grown : not good state. Bengal. 

 g. Young. Bengal. 



h. Adult : tail injured. India. Old Collection. 

 i-l. Adult. India. Colonel Cobbe's Sale. 

 m. Adult : discoloured. India. Old Collection. 

 n. Half-grown : discoloured. India. Old Collection. 

 o. Half-grown. India. Presented by W. C. Masters, Esq. 

 p. Half-grown. India. Presented by General Hardwicke. 



