388 COLUBKIDjE. 



480. Bungarus fasciatus. 



Russell, Intl. Serp. i, pi. iii. 



Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii, p. 283. 



Bungarus annularis, Daud. Rept. v, p. 265, pi. Ixv ; Dum. fy it- . 



Erp. Gen. vii, p. 1209 ; Blyth, J. A. S. B. xviii, p. 791 ; Jan, Icon. 



Ophid. 44, pi. ii, fig. 3. 

 Bungarus fasciatus, Cantor, J. A. S. B. xvi, 1847, p. 1034 ; Giinth. 



Rept. B. I. p. 343 ; Fayrer, Thanatoph. pi. ix ; Theob. Cat. 



p. 216. 



Eostral much broader than deep, visible from above ; frontal 

 longer than broad, as long as or longer than its distance from the 

 end of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals ; 

 one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2, anterior scarcely 

 longer than deep ; 7 upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; two pairs of short, subequal chin-shields. An obtuse keel 

 or ridge along the back and tail, the latter ending very obtusely. 

 Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals much enlarged, broader than long. 

 Ventrals 200-234 ; anal entire ; subcaudals single, 32-39. Bright 

 yellow, with black annuli as broad as the interspaces between 

 them or broader : a black band, widening behind, on the head 

 and nape, beginning between the eyes ; snout brown. 



Total length 4 feet ; tail 5 inches. Grows to 6 feet or more. 



Hab. Bengal, Southern India, Assam, Burma, Southern China, 

 Iiido-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. The " Baj-samp " 

 of Northern India. 



481. Bungarus ceylonicus. 



Bungarus ceylonicus, Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 344 ; Theob. Cat. p. 216. 



Eostral a little broader than deep, just visible from above ; 

 frontal a little longer than broad, as long as its distance from the 

 end of the snout or a little shorter, much shorter than the 

 parietals; one prae- and two postoculars; temporals 1 + 2 ; upper 

 labials 7, third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of short, 

 subequal chin-shields, the anterior in contact with 3 labials. Scales 

 in 15 rows; vertebrals much enlarged, broader than long. Ventrals 

 224-235 ; anal entire ; subcaudals single, 35-40. Black, with 

 whitish annuli which may be very indistinct or broken up into 

 spots on the back in the adult ; lower parts uniform white in the 

 young. 



Total length 3 feet 3 inches ; tail 4 inches. 



Hub. Ceylon; and, according to Theobald, Southern India 

 (Palamcottah). 



482. Bungarus cseruleus. 



Russell, 2nd. Serp. i, pi. i. 



Pseudoboa cserulea, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii, p. 284. 

 Pseudoboa krait, Schneid. 1. c. p. 288. 



Bungarus can-uleus, Daud. Rept. v, p. 270 ; Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. 

 vii, p. 1273; Stoliczka, J. A. S. #.xxxix, 1870, p. 209; Jan, Icon. 



