300 COLUBRIDJE. 



360. Pseudocyclophis waiter!. 



Pseudocyclophis walteri, Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1888, p. 262, and Zool. 

 Jahrb. iii, 1888, p. 922, pi. xxxiv, fig. 1. 



Head much depressed ; eye small. Eostral broader than deep, 

 visible from above ; nostril pierced in a single nasal ; suture 

 between the internasals longer than that between the praefrontals ; 

 frontal a little longer than broad, nearly twice as broad as the 

 supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, and 

 much shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep (if 

 present) ; one prse- and one postocvdar ; temporals 1 + 1 ; 7 upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; 4 or 5 lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little longer 

 than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 211-231 ; anal 

 divided ; subcaudals 78-82. Pale olive or reddish above, anteriorly 

 with obsolete black transverse lines, posteriorly uniform ; lower 

 parts white. 



Total length 18 inches ; tail 4-25. 



Hob. Becently described from the Persian-Transcaspian frontier; 

 a specimen was obtained by Mr. Blanford in the Kohistan division 

 of the Karachi Collectorate, Sind, and presented by him to the 

 British Museum. 



361. Pseudocyclophis olivaceus. 



Ablabes olivaceus, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. 1863 ; Gilnth. 

 Rept. B. I. p. 227 ; Theob. Cat. p. 155. 



Head much depressed ; eye very small. Rostral large, twice 

 as broad as deep, visible from above; nasal divided below the 

 nostril ; suture between the internasals shorter than that between 

 the praefrontals ; frontal only a little if at all longer than broad, 

 three or four times as broad as the supraocular, much longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout and a little shorter than the 

 parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; two prae- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 1 ; 5 upper labials, third entering the eye, fifth very 

 large ; 4 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 posterior chin-shields nearly as long as the anterior, separated 

 from each other by two scales. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 206-215; anal divided; subcaudals 68-73. Dull olive-green above 

 and below, with four longitudinal series of small black spots on 

 the back. 



Total length 21 inches ; tail 3*75. 



Hob. Manantoddy, "Wynaad. 



362. Pseudocyclophis bicolor. 



Calamaria bicolor, BlytJi, J. A. S. B. xxiii, 1854, p. 289. 



Ablates bicolor, Giinth. JRept. B. I. p. 226 ; Anders. An. Zool Res. 



Yunnan, p. 809. 

 Grotea bicolor. Theob. Cat. Rent. As. Soc. Mtts. 1868, p. 45 ; id. Cat. 



p. 145. 



