SNAKES. 21 



Oligodon, Boie, Isis, 1327, p. 519 ; Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 191 ; 

 Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 54. Calamaria, sp., Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 40. 

 Elaps, sp., Gray, Indian Zoology. 



1. Oligodon subouadratus. 



Russell, bid. Serp. ii. pi. 34. Oligodon bitorquatus (Reinw.), 

 and torquatus, Boie, I.e. ; Wagl. I.e. Calamaria oligodon, Schleg. 

 Ess. pi. 1. f. 27-29, and Abbildg. t. 25. Oligodon subquadra- 

 tum, Dum. S,- Bibr. p. 55. 



Belly with black square blotches. 



a, b. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



c. Adult. Batavia. 



d. Half-grown. Asia. 



e. Adult : bad state. [? Ceylon.] Presented by R. Tem- 



pleton, Esq. 



2. Oligodon subgriseus. 



Oligodon subgriseum, Dum. 4" Bibr. p. 59. 

 Belly uniform whitish, without any spot. 



a, b. Adult. Madras. Presented by Captain Bevan. 



c. Half-grown. Madras. Presented by J. E. J. Boileau, Esq. 



d. Adult. India. 



e. Adult : bleached. India. Old Collection. 



/. Adult : discoloured. India. Presented by Colonel Lestil. 



g. Half-grown. India. Presented by W. Masters, Esq. 



h. Large specimen. India. 



i. Half-grown. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



k. Half-grown. India. Old Collection. 



I. Half-grown. India. Purchased. 



m. Adult. Madras. Presented by Walter Elliott, Esq. 



n. Adult female. [? Ceylon.] From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



3. Oligodon sublineatus. 



Oligodon sublineatum, Dum. fy Bibr. p. 57. 



Each ventral plate with three black specks, forming together 

 three punctated lines. 



a. Adult. Kandy. Presented by Captain Gascoigne. 



b. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



c. Adult. Ceylon. 



d. Adult : not good state. Ceylon. Presented by R. Tein- 



pleton, Esq. 



