ON THE COMMON INDIAN SNAKES. 541 



the ultimate keeled, the penultimate faintly, and in the 4 to 7 

 oblique rows above this the keels are serrate. 



The ultimate row is the largest, the penultimate rather smaller, 

 the oblique rows narrow, and remaining dorsal rows subequal and 

 small. Svpracavdals. Keeled to tail tip. Ventrals 132 to 192 

 (Boulenger) : broad, stretching right across belly, so that when 

 the specimen is laid on its back, only part of each ultimate costal 

 row can be seen on each side ; not keeled. Anal. Entire. 

 Subcaudals. 21 to 48 (Boulenger) : entire. 



Details of Map 2. 

 Distribution of Echis carinata. 



1. Mullaitivu.— Ferguson. Kept. Faun. Ceylon, 1877, p. 25. 



Haly. First Eeport Snakes. Colombo Mus., 1886, 

 p. 18. 



2. Ramnad. — Dr. Annandale. Indian Museum. 



3. Tinnevelly. — Millard. Bombay Collection. 



4. Anamallays. — Boulenger. British Museum. 



5. Trichinorjoly. — Wall. 



6. Ami. — Russell. Ind. Serp., Vol. 1, p. 3. 



7. Madras. — Boulenger. British Museum. 



8. Bangalore. — Nicholson. Ind. Snakes p. 173. 



S elate r. List 1891. Indian Museum. 



9. Karwar. — Millard. Bombay Collection. 



10. Deogad. — Candy. Bombay Jonrl., Vol. V, p. 85. 



Liston. Parel Laboratory (In epistola). 



11. Ratnagiri. — Vidal. Bombay Jour!., Vol. V, p. 70. 



12. Mahableshwar. — Boulenger. British Museum. 



13. Poona. — Millard. Bombay Collection. 



14. Andheri. — Young. Bombay Jourl., Vol. XVI, p. 504. 



15. Deccan. — Boulenger. British Museum. 



16. Ellore.— Blanford. Jourl. Asiat. Soc, Bengal, Vol. XLVIII, 



p. 116. 



17. Singbhum. — Anderson. Jourl. Asiat. Soc, Bengal, Vol. XL, 



p. 37. 



18. Rajmahal. — Sclater. Ind. Museum. 



19. Nowgong. — ,, ,, ,, 



20. Allahabad.— „ 

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