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358 COLUBRID. 
12. Lycodon fasciatus. 
Ophites a Anders, An. Zool. Res. Yunnan, p. 827, pl. ixxyiii. 
.1 (1879). 
Lyeeion fasciatus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 295 (1890); W. L. 
Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. \x. 1891, p. 234. 
Snout depressed, not spatulate; eye rather small. Rostral 
nearly twice as broad as deep, just visible from above; internasals 
half as long as the prefrontals; frontal slightly longer than broad ; 
loreal long and tapering to a point posteriorly, entering the eye, 
widely separated from the internasal; one preocular; two 
oculars; temporals 24-2 or 2+3; eight upper labials, third, fourth, 
and fifth entering the eye; four or five lower labials in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields, which are as long as or shorter than 
the posterior. 17 rows of feebly keeled scales, the keels becoming 
more pronounced posteriorly. Ventrals 205-213, obtusely angulate ; 
anal entire ; subcaudals 77-90 pairs. Body encircled by broad pur- 
plish-black bands separated by yellowish or reddish intervals; the 
first black band does not encircle the neck. 
Total length 530 millim.; tail 110. 
Western Yunnan, Burma, Assam. 
a. & (V. 205; C. 77). Shillong, Assam. Gen. H. Collett [P.}. 
b. 2 (V. 207; C. 84).. Toungyi, Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway 
5000 ft. [C.]. 
13. Lycodon gammiei. 
Ophites gammiei, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvii. 1878, p. 130. 
Lycodon gammiei, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 296 (1890). 
Head flat; eye small. Body slender, compressed. Rostral about 
as broad as deep; internasals much smaller than the prefrontals ; 
frontal very little longer than broad, with convex sides; loreal 
small, elongate; 6ne preocular; two postoculars; temporals 
irregular; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the 
eye; two elongate chin-shields of about equal length, the anterior in 
contact with five lower labials. Scales in 19 rows, the nine dorsal 
rows keeled, five rows at each side smooth. Ventrals 214, bluntly 
angulate at the sides; anal entire; subcaudals 101 pairs. Body 
surrounded by alternating dusky and light rings with very 
irregular crooked margins; head above dusky olivaceous with pale 
spots in the middle of most of the shields; an imperfect pale 
collar behind the head ; lower surface of head and neck whitish. 
Total length 800 millim.; tail 180. 
South-eastern Sikkim. , 
14. Lycodon carinatus. 
Hurria carivata, Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. Vergl. Anat. p. 95 (1820). 
Lycodon carinatus, Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 109, pl. iv. figs. 6 & 7 
(1837) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 297 (1890). 
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