LYCODON. 293 



Coluber bipunctatus, Cantor, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 52. 



Lycodon jara, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii, p. 110; Stoliczka, J.A.S.B. 



xl, 1871, p. 442 ; Theob. Cat. p. 200. 

 Leptorhytaon jara, Gilnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 205 ; id. Kept. B. I. 



p. 321. 

 Lycophidion bipunctatum, Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1863, p. 403. 



Snout much depressed ; eye rather small. Eostral much broader 

 than long, just visible from above ; internasals much shorter than 

 the prsofrontals ; frontal as long as or a little shorter than its dis- 

 tance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal elongate, not entering the eye ; one praeocular ; two post- 

 oculars ; temporals small, 1 + 2 ; 9 or 10 upper labials, third, fourth, 

 and fifth entering the eye ; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales 

 smooth, in 17 rows. Ventrals 167-175, not angulate laterally; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 56-63, in two rows. Brown above, each 

 scale with two white dots or short longitudinal lines ; labials white ; 

 usually a white collar ; lower surface uniform while. 



Total length 16 inches ; tail 275. 



Hob. Granjam, Bengal to base of Himalayas, Assam, Pegu ; Anai- 

 malai Hills according to Giinther. 



349. Lycodon anamallensis. 

 Lycodon anamallensis, Giinth. Eept. B. I. p..318 ; Theob. Cat. p. 200. 



Snout moderately depressed ; eye rather large. Eostral much 

 broader than long, just visible from above ; internasals much 

 shorter than pra3frontals ; frontal as long as its distance from the 

 end of the snout, slightly shorter than the parietals ; two loreals ; 

 one prseocular in contact with the frontal ; two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals small, scale-like, 2 + 3; 9 upper labials, third, fourth, and 

 fifth entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales smooth, 

 in 17 rows. Ventrals 202, obtusely angulate laterally ; anal un- 

 divided ; subcaudals 74, in two rows. Brown above, with narrow 

 white, black-edged cross-bands ; labials white, each with a brown 

 spot ; lower parts uniform white. 



Total length 20 inches ; tail 3-5. 



Hob. Anaimalai Hills, S. India. A single specimen is known. 



350. Lycodon travancoricus. 



Cercaspis travancoricus, Beddome, Madras Joum. Med. Sc. 1870 ; 

 Theob. Cat. p. 201. 



Snout much depressed, with swollen lips, subspatulate ; eye 

 rather small. Eostral much broader than long, hardly visible from 

 above ; internasals much shorter than the pra3frontals ; frontal as 

 long as its distance from the end of the snout, or a little longer, 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate, rarely entering 



