50 REPTILES. 
mis obseurus, Bote, Isis, 1827, 553. Hydrus Pelamis obscurus, 
Merrem, Tent. 139. Leioselasma obscura, Fitz. Isis, 1827, 738. 
Black; head with a yellow spot on each side of occiput; 
back of neck with a series of round pale spots on each side, nearly 
united above: body with a series of large roundish white spots, 
nearly as high as the body, leaving triangular dark marks on the 
upper and lower part of the body: scales small, elongate, keeled : 
ventral shield under the throat very distinct, elongate, black; of the 
belly white, not to be distinguished from the scales. 
a. In spirits. Head injured. India, Madras. Presented by J. C. 
Jerdon, Esq. 
b. Inspirits. Young. India. Scales six-sided, very slightly keeled. 
Presented by T. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 
2. Linpsay’s SHoorur Sun. MHydrophis Lindsayii, Gray, 
Griffith's Anim. Kingd. Aturia Lindsayi, Gray, Zool. Misc. 61. 
Head, neck and tail black; nape with two white spots: back 
of the neck and front part of the body with cross bands, which gra- 
dually become larger and form ovate spots on the sides, which are 
confluent on the middle, and narrower but longer on the hinder part 
of the body, forming only narrow bands across the tail: scales 
small, with a minute central tubercle: front upper labial short, 
square ; sixth larger (like the sixth shield of Lzopola and the one 
above it united): temple shield large, oblique: four front lower 
labial large ; two hinder small: chin shields two pairs ; front large, 
square. Like H. obscurus, but white spot broader. 
a. In spirits. Very young. China. Presented by 
Esq. 
Shootur Sunn, Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. t. 7; Hydrophis chloris, 
Daud. Rept. vii. 377, t. 90; Hydrus chloris, Merrem, Tent. 139, 
appears to be another species of this section. Black above, with 
yellow cross-band on the back of the neck, and large triangular spot 
on each side of the belly. 
Lindsay, 
tt Scales of adult broad. 
3. The BanpEpD SHootur Sun. Hydrophis fasciata. Hydrus 
fasciatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. 563? Hydrophis Hardwickii, Gray, 
MSS. Brit. Mus. 1836.  Disteira fasciata, var., Fitz. Isis, 1827, 
734. 
Head very small; body and tail brown, yellow-ringed ; head 
and neck brown ; a cross-band on the forehead, spot on temple behind 
