56 REPTILES. 
Var. 1. Scales with a smaller, more indistinct keel; anterior 
ventral shields narrow, ovate, smooth, with a distinct central groove ; 
the hinder one broader, with two slight keels ; chin shields small. 
c. In spirits. India, Bengal? Presented by General Hardwicke. 
7. CHITULIA. 
Head elongate, rather depressed in front: nasal shields rather 
broad, four-sided, trimucronated in front: rostral shield broad, short, 
five-sided : labial shield large ; first upper square, moderate ; second, 
third and fourth large ; hinder small, triangular: lower rostral tri- 
angular, small: the five front lower labials large, with some trian- 
gular marginal shields: chin shields two pairs, close together: 
temple shielded; occipital shield prolonged behind: eyes large, 
over the fourth labial shield; pupil round: neck moderately thick : 
scales of body six-sided, truncated, with a central keel; of neck 
thinner and smoother ; of belly broader and rounded: ventral shields 
moderate, broad; of the neck smooth and more elongate. 
1. The Cuituria. Chitulia inornata. 
Bluish gray ; lips, lower part of sides and beneath white; tail 
dark bluish gray, with three or four narrow white cross-bands: head 
shield smooth: scales six-sided, with a very slight central tubercle ; 
of neck more elongate and smooth: one anterior and two posterior 
equal ocular scales: temple with two shields; the lower triangular; 
the upper elongate, margining the occipital shield, with a small tri- 
angular shield behind it. 
a. In spirits. Adult. Indian Ocean. Presented by Capt. Sir 
Edward Belcher, K.C.B., R.N. 
2. The Keecep Cuirvuria. Chitulia fasciata. 
White in spirits; crown and lips olive; back of neck and body 
with broad squareish cross-bands, leaving a narrow white cross-band, 
the dark band becoming more angular and wider apart on the hinder 
part of the back: scales concave, with a round central keel, which 
is higher and more raised at the end on the belly; scales of the neck 
scarcely keeled. 
a. In fluid. Indian Ocean. Presented by Capt. Sir Edward Bel- 
cher, K.C.B., B.N. 
The Hoogli Pattee, Russell, Ind. Serp. i. t. 10. Hydrophis 
Schistosus, Daud. Rept. vii. 386. Pelamis Schistosus, Bove. 
