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verse lines of the same colour ; the tail alternately blackish-brown 

 and yellowish- grey ; beneath yellowish-grey spotted with black. 

 Coluber bipunctatus. Col. supra triste vinoso-imrpureus squa- 

 mis albo bipunctatis, suhtus alho-ccerulescens. 

 Scuta abdominalia 181. 

 Scutclla suhcaudalia 52. 

 Habitat. Bengal, Asam. 



Deep claret-purple above ; each scale with two white dots ; be- 

 neath bluish- white. 



Coluber monticolus. Hodgson. Col. superne luteo-rubescens 

 fasciis transversalibus nigris, scutis abdominalibus albo-Jlaves- 

 centibus nigro marginatis. 

 Habitat. Nepal. 



Reddish dun-coloured above, with black transverse bands ; the 

 abdominal scuta yellowish-white, with black margins. 



Subgen. Hurriah, Daudin. 



HURRIAH SANGUIVENTER, (CoLUBER SANGUIVENTER, HodgSOH.) 



Hur. superne vinoso-purpureus ceneo nitens, abdomine sangui- 

 neo. 



Scuta abdominalia 207. 

 Scuta subcaudalia 14. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 85. 

 Habitat. Nepal. 

 Above claret-purple, with metallic lustre ; beneath blood-coloured. 



Genus Herpetodryas, Boie. 

 Herprtodryas prionotus. Her. supra fusco Jlavescens, nigro- 

 punctatus, fascidque dor salt serratd nigricante ; abdomine ^avo, 

 fascia serratd nigricante utrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 153. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 65. 

 Habitat. Malacca. 



Above yellowish-brown, dotted with black, and with a serrated 

 blackish dorsal band ; the abdominal surface yellow, with a blackish 

 serrated band on either side. 



Genus Psammophis, Boie. 

 PsAMMOPHis cerasogaster. Psavi. fulvus aureo jxilUde nitens, 

 squamis hexagonis rhomboidalibus summis carinatisy cceteris 

 Icevibus tectus ; abdomine ceriseu, lined Icete Jlavd utrinque in- 

 cluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 149. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 60. 

 Habitat. Bengal, Asam. 



Yellowish-brown, shining with a pale gold colour, with hexagonal 

 rhomboidal scales, the uppermost of which are keeled, the rest 

 smooth; the abdominal surface cherry-coloured, with a bright yellow 

 line on either side. 



Vernacular name, Lai Mitallee. 



Psammophis nigrofasciatus. Psam. superne sub/lavo-rubescens 

 fasciis latis transversalibus nigris, lineisque duabus barbatis 



