a, 395 (oe <a a): — es | a | a 
° . 7 , YY = os ; 
252 COLUBRID. 
56. Tropidonotus ceylonensis. 
Tropidonotus chrysargus, var. ceylonensis, Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 71 
858). 
Eas ceylonensis, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 268, pl. xxii. fig. G 
(1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 846 (1890). 
Eye rather large. Rostral twice as broad as deep, just visible 
from above ; internasals as long as broad or a little longer, broadly 
truncate in front, shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal once and a 
half to once and two thirds as long as broad, longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; 
loreal as deep as long; two preoculars; three postoculars; tem- 
porals 2+2 or 2+3; eight upper labials normally, fourth and 
fifth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the an- 
terior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 
19 rows, strongly keeled, the outer row smooth or faintly keeled. 
Ventrals 133-141; anal divided ; subcaudals 48-54, Olive-brown 
above, with black cross bands and a series of large yellow black- 
edged ocelli along each side of the back; these markings less dis- 
tinct in the adult; lips white; a black band on each side of the 
head behind the eye; a black band on each side of the nape, con- 
verging towards its fellow posteriorly, the space between them 
yellow in the young; belly uniform yellowish, or powdered with 
brown posteriorly. . 
Total length 460 millim. ; tail 85. 
Ceylon. 
a. Her. 5 (V. 183; 0.54). Ceylon. (Type.) 
b. 3 (V. 184; 0.51). Cerin. Ocl Beddome [0.]. 
e. Yg. (V. 133; ©. 52). Ceylon. G. : K. Thwaites, Esq. 
d. Yg. (V. 188; ©. 50). Ceylon. > 
.@ 2 (V. 141; C. 48). 8. Ceylon. 
57. Tropidonotus beddomii. 
Spilotes vittatus, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. 1863. 
be foe rac beddomii, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. P. 269, pl. xxii. fig. E 
(1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 344 (1890). 
Eye moderate. Rostral twice as broad as deep, just visible from 
above ; internasals as broad as long or a little longer, broadly trun- 
cate anteriorly, as long as or shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal 
once and two thirds to twice as long as broad, longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal as long as deep or deeper than long; one preocular; three 
(rarely two) postoculars ; temporals 14+1 or 1+2; eight or nine 
upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth, or fourth, fifth, and sixth 
entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 
rows, rather strongly keeled, the outer, however, perfectly smooth. 
Ventrals 131-150; anal divided; subcaudals 65-75, Brown or 
olive above ; a series of yellow spots, each between two black spots 
