236 



Total length 480 millim. ; tail 65. 

 So nth- western India. 



a-b. rf (V. 144 ; C. 34) & Madras Presidency. T. C. Jordon, Esq. [P.]. 

 $ (V. 152; C. :!()). 



c. Hgr. d (V. 146; C. Madras Presidency. Col. ftjddome [P.]. 

 84). 



d. $ (V. 151 ; C. 33). Nilgherries, 7000 ft. Col. Beddome [C.l 



e. Hgr. 9 (V. 154; C. Coohoor.Ntlgkcrrics, W. Davison, Esq. [P.]. 

 29). 5900 ft. 



f-ff. Hgr. (V. 162 ; C. 28) Nilgherries. E. A. Minchin, Esq. 



&yg. (7.147} 0.82). [P.]. 



2. Oligodon travancoricus. (PLATE X. fig. 2.) 



Oligodon travancoricus, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 085; 

 Bouleng. Faun. 2nd., Rept. p. 318 (1890). 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as or a 

 little shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture hetwecn the 

 internasals shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal as 

 long as or longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; no loreal, the posterior nasal forming a 

 suture with the praeocular, or the praefrontal forming a suture with 

 the second labial : praeocular single ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 2 or 2-f 3 ; upper labials seven, third and fourth entering the eye, 

 sixth excluded from the labial margin ; three lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields two thirds, 

 the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 145-151 ; 

 anal divided ; subcaudals 35-37. Greyish or pale brown above, 

 with 25 to 33 black or dark brown, light-edged cross bands on the 

 body, and five or six pairs of spots on the tail ; three broad black, 

 light-edged transverse bands on the head, viz., a frontal, an occipital, 

 and a nuchal, connected or not longitudinally on the median line ; 

 a small white spot may be present in the middle between the 

 parietals. Lower surfaces white, with large square black spots. 



Total length 450 millim. ; tail 65. I have examined a specimen 

 belonging to the Trevandrum Museum, which measures 465 millim. ; 

 tail 65. 



Travancore hills. 



a. Hgr. 6 (V. 145 ; Tinnevelly hills. Col. Beddome [C.]- 



C. 37). (Type.) 



b-c. <J (V. 147, 146 ; High Range, Tra- H. S. Ferguson, Egq. 



C. 37, 35). vancore. [P.]. 



3. Oligodon affinis. 



Oligodon affinis, Gilnth. Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (3) ix. 1862, p. 58, 

 and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 209, pi. xix. fig. B (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. 

 2nd., Rept. p. 318 (1890). 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above half as long 



