8. XENOCHROPHIS, 191 
a,b. gf (V. 210; i 118 Madagascar. 
& § (v.210; 13) 
e. d (V. 198; C. Py Imerina. Rey. R. Baron [C.}. 
8. XENOCHROPHIS. 
dono Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 59 (1858). 
Xespehrophis," Gi h. Rept. Brit, Ind. p. 278 (1864); Bouleng. 
Faun. nd., Rept. p. 353 (1890). 
teeth about 20, subequal; anterior mandibular teeth — 
largest. Head slightly distirct from neck; eye moderate, with 
round pupil; nostrils directed upwards, pierced in a single nasal. 
Body cylindrical ; scales keeled, without apical pits, in 19 rows; 
ventrals rounded. Tail moderate; subcaudals in two rows. Hypa- 
pophyses developed throughout the vertebral column. 
South-eastern Asia. 
1, Xenochrophis cerasogaster. 
Psammophis cerasogaster, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52. 
—— cerasogaster, , Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 92 (1847); 
th. Cat. p. 79 i858). 
rer cerasogaster, Giinth. . Brit. Ind. p. 274 (1864) ; 
Theob. Cat. Rept. wt. Brit Ind. p. 180 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 
. p. 353, 8, fe. (1890). 
ane — schistaceum, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, 
ia narrow, elongate, with angular canthus rostralis and slightly 
concave lores; eye moderate or rather small. Rostral once and oae 
third to twice as broad as long; suture between the internasals 
nearly as long as that between the prefrontals; frontal narrow, 
much longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as 
the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little longer than deep; 
one preocular; two or three postoculars and one or two suboculars; 
temporals 2+2 or 243; nine upper labials, fourth entering the 
eye; five or six lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are as long as or a little shorter than the posterior. 
Scales strongly keeled, in 19 rows. Ventrals 140-151; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 60-79. Brown above, with or without darker 
spos and with a more or less distinct paler dorso-lateral stripe ; 
lower parts cherry-red to purplish black, with a yellow stripe on 
each side extending from the lips to the ond of the tail. 
Total length 600 millim. ; tail 140. 
From Bengal, Assam, and the Khasi Hills to the Malay Peninsula. 
sf 149, 151 Lass 150, India. 
Ta, 6, 66, 6 ,P) & ye. 
om 160; 0.76). Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.}. 
‘| do (V. 141; C. 70). Pinang. Dr, Cantor. 
