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188 COLUBRID. 
subcaudals 56-70. Yellowish or pale brown above; sides brown 
or grey, separated from the pale dorsal region by a "plack line; a 
vertebral series of minute black dots; head and nape dark brown 
or black, forehead marbled with yellow, and with a large elongate 
oval patch of yellow on each side of the back of the head; the 
black nuchal spot more or less distinctly bordered with yellow 
behind. Lower surfaces yellow, with a black dot at the outer 
extremity of each ventral. 
Total length 280 millim. ; tail 60. 
West Himalayas, Bengal, Assam, Pinang. 
a. 9 (V. 228; C. 64). Chamba, W. Hima- Messrs. v. Schlagin- 
laya. tweit ro. }- 
b. b (V. 213; C. 70). Pinang. Dr. Canto. 
of. ie &y me e¥: 205, —? Gen. Hardwicke 
Mail 6.68 ; [P.}. 
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g-h. aus 222, 201; C. —-? 
, 6 
9. Polyodontophis bistrigatus. (Pxrarr XII. fig. 2.) 
Ablabes bistrigatus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 417; 
Theob. Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 42, and Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 
Pig76) (1876); Anders. An. Zool, Res. Yunnan, Rept. p. 811 
(1879 
Polyodcatoph is bistrigatus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., » Rept. p. 304 (1890) ; 
W. L. Sclater, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. x. 1891, 
Rostral not twice as broad as long, the portion visible from above 
measuring two fifths its distance from the frontal; suture between 
the internasals shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal » 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than 
the parietals; loreal as long as deep or longer than deep; one pree- 
ocular, two postoculars, both in contact with the parietal; tem- 
porals 1 (or 2)+2; 10 upper labials, fourth, fifth, and sixth 
entering the eye; eighth upper labial usually excluded from the 
labial margin, assuming the position of a lower anterior temporal ; 
four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
as long as the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 184-186; 
anal divided; subcaudals 73-75. Back ruddy brown, with a 
vertebral series of black dots; head and nape black, emitting a 
black band running on each side of the body and tail ; a yellow 
band on each side of the head, sending off a hook on each supra- 
ocular shield, and a pair of yellow spots on the nape. Lower 
surfaces uniform yellow. 
Total length 300 millim.; tail 80. 
Burma, Nicobars. 
a. 3 (V. 184; C. 75). Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [0.]. 
‘ype. 
b. 2 (V. 186; C. 73). Burma, ~ Col. dome [C.]. 
