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CALAMARID^. CHAP. VIII, 



Geophis microcephalus, Gunth. ... Ootacamand, very common. F ART II. 



Zoology. 

 OLIGODONTID^. 



Oligodon subgriseus, D. et B. ... Eastern and southern slopes, 



„ spilonotus, Gunth. ... Do. 



Ellioti, Gunth. ... Do. 



„ brevicauda, GuntJi. ... Walaghat and the Ouchterlony 



Valley. 



„ affinis, Gmith. ... Do. 



Simotes venustus ... Ootacamand, not rare. 



COLUBRID^. 



Ablabes olivaceus, Bedd. ... The Oachterlony Valley, rare. 



„ Humberti, Jan. ... Southern slopes. 



Cyclophis Calamaria, Gunth. ... Slopes. 



Coluber rubro- venter, Bedd., n. sp.... Mudiimale. 

 Cynophis Malabaricus, Jerd. ... Western slopes. 



„ Helena. ... Eastern slopes, rare. 



Ptyas mucosus, L, ... Slopes up to 4,000 feet, very 



common. 

 Zamenis fasciolatus, Shmo. ... Below Kotagiri, &c., rather rare. 



Tropidonotus quincunciatus, ScJil. ... Lower slopes. 



„ Beddomei, Gunth. ... Mudiimale and western slopes. 



„ stolatus, L. ... Slopes, common. 



„ monticola, Jerd. ... Western slopes and Mudumale. 



„ plumbicolor, Gantr. ... Shdlur, Kalhatti, and all slopes, 



common. 

 Atretium schistosum. Band. ... Mudumale, very common. 



DENDROPHID^. 



Dendrophis pictus, Gunth. . . . Slopes, common. 



Chrysopelea ornata, Shaiv- ... Do. do. 



DRYIOPHID^. 



Tragops Perottettii, D. et B. ... Grass land of the plateau, very 



common. 

 Passerita mycterizans, L. ... Slopes, very common. 



„ purpurascens, Gunth. ... Walaghdt, rare. 



DIPSADID^. 

 Dipsas trigonata, Boie. ... Slopes, common. 



„ Forsteni, D. et B. ... Do. rare. 



„ nuchalis, Gunth. ... Western slopes, common. 



