4 
4 
' 
48. Lycopon. 359 
Ca carinatus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 390 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 
P (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 3: 4 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. 
, pl. vi. fig. 1 (1870). 
Snout much depressed, broad but not spatulate; eye rather 
small. Rostral much broader than deep, visible from above ; inter- 
nasals much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal slightly longer 
than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 
shorter than the parietals; loreal elongate, not entering the eye, 
widely separated from the internasal; one pre- and two post- 
oculars ; temporals 2+3,; nine upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth 
entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior, Scales in 19 — 
rows, strongly keeled. Ventrals 188-198, angulate laterally ; 
anal entire; subcaudals 52-64, in a single row. Black, encircled 
by white rings which are broader on the belly than on the back ; 
these annuli are broader in the young, the back of the head of 
which is white. ; 
Total length 490 millim.; tail 85. 
Ceylon. 
a. 2 (V. 194; C. 55). Ceylon. B. H. Barnes .[P. 
b, ¢, d,e, f-he 2 (V. 192, Ceylon. ak 
194; C. 54, 55) & ve. 
(V. 198, 191, 190, 188, 
190; C. 52, 55, 54, 58 
56). 
15. Lycodon subcinctus. 
Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pl. xli. (1801). 
Lycodon subcinctus, Bote, Isis, 1827, p 551; Schileg. oe 
ii. p. 117, pl. iv. figs. 14 & 15 (1ss7) ; Bouleng. Pro 
1890, p. 34. 
—— platurinus, Cantor, Cat, Mat. Rept. p. 69 (1847). 
Ophites subcinctus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 398 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 
206 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. SD) (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gén. 
88 Wh v. fig. 4 (1870); Blanf. Proe. Zool. Soe. 1881, p. 222, 
php p toe Sauvage, Bull. Soe. Philom. (7) viii. 1884, 
P 
Snout much depressed, broad but not spatulate; eye rather small. 
Rostral much broader than deep, just visible from above; inter- 
nasals much shorter than the prefrontals; frontal slightly longer 
than broad, shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 
much shorter than the parietals; loreal elongate, usually entering 
the eye, widely separated from the internasal; no preocular; two 
or three postoculars; temporals 142; eight upper labials, third, 
fourth, and fifth (sometimes also the sixth) entering the eye; four 
lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
usually longer than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, dorsals feebly 
or faintly keeled. Ventrals 198-227, angulate laterally; anal 
divided (rarely entire); subcaudals 61-89 pairs. Dark brown or 
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