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Ess. pi. 4. f. 14, 15. Natrix platyrhinus, Merr. Tent, p. 134. 

 Ophites subcinctus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 186; Dum. Sf Bibr. 

 vii. p. 399. Lvcodon platvrhinus, Cantor, Catal. of Mai. Rept. 

 p. 69. 



Scales on the hinder part of body slightly keeled ; one large 

 loreal, no ante-ocular shield. Brownish, with broad whitish 

 rings round the trunk and tail, those of the tail disappearing with 

 age. 



«. Adult. Java. From the Leyden Museum. 



2. Ophites albofuscus. 



Sphecodes albofuscus, Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 394. 



All scales keeled; one short loreal, one ante-ocular shield. 

 Beneath uniform whitish ; trunk and tail with alternate brown 

 and white cross bands. 



a. Adult. Malabar. From M. Parzudaki's Collection, as Cer- 

 caspis carinatus. 



13. Cercaspis, Wagler. 



Lycodon with keeled scales and entire subcaudals ; body of 

 moderate length ; tail rather short ; shields of head regular, two 

 nasals, one loreal, one anterior, two posterior oculars. Scales 

 moderate, in seventeen to nineteen rows, strongly keeled. Ceylon. 



Cercaspis, Wagl. Syst. der Amph. p. 191 ; Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. 

 p. 389. Lycodon, sp., Schlegel, Ess. ii. p. 109. Hurria, sp., 

 Kuhl, Beitr. zur Zool. und Vergl. Anat. p. 95. 



1. Cercaspis carinata. 



Hurria carinata, Kuhl, Beitr. zur Zool. p. 95 ; Boie, Isis. 

 1827, p- 517- Cercaspis carinatus, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 191 ; 

 Fitz. Syst. Rept. p. 27 ; Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 390. Lycodon 

 carinatus, Schley. Ess. pi. 4. f. 6, J. 



Black with white cross bands, broader on the sides. 



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



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



c. Nearly adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



d. Nearly adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 p. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



/. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Sir James Macgregor. 



