370 COLUBRID. 
Il. No preocular, 
Seales in 13 rows: 03 scaecasstsn oe’ . 4. davisonii, p. 372. 
Scales in 15 row8.......0seeeseeeee .. 5, tristrigatus, p. 372. 
1. Dryocalamus nympha. 
Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pls. xxxvi. & xxxvii. (1796). 
Coluber nympha, Daud. Rept. vi. p, 244, pl. Lxxv. fig. 1 (1803). 
Lycodon nympha, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 120 (1837). 
Odontomus nympha, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 450 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 
p. 206 (1858), and < Brit. Ind. p. 233 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. 
Gén. 38, pl. v. fig. 2 (1879). 
ee eer semifasciatus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) ix. 
p- 127, pl. ix. fig. 6. 
Peso th panitaadlndinn Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p, 234. 
~ nymphe, var. ceylonensis, F’. Miill. Verh. nat, Ges. Basel, viii, 
1887, p. 2 
Hydropkobus. nympha, Bouleng. Faun, Ind., Rept. p. 298 (1890). 
Rostral not twice as broad as deep, visible from above; nisi 
entire or divided ; suture between the internasals usually as long as 
that between the preefrontals or a little shorter; frontal longer than 
its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal longer than deep, usually entering the eye; one or two pre- 
oculars; two postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 24+3; seven (ex- 
ceptionally eight or six) upper labials, third and fourth entering 
the eye; three or four labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. 
Ventrals 200-243; anal divided; subcaudals 65-88. Whitish, 
with or without small brown spots, and with large elliptic dark 
brown or black spots much longer than the interspaces between 
them; a large brown spot nearly covers the upper surface of the 
head and is separated from the first dorsal spot by a narrow white 
occipital band ; upper lip and lower parts uniform white. 
Total length 460 millim. ; tail 90. 
Southern India and Ceylon. 
a-b. Hgr. (V. 243, 235; Cuddapa Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
C. 87, 85). : 
c-d. g (V. 231, 225; C. Vellore. Dr. P. Russell. (Types.) 
83, 77). 
ef. 3 (V. 219; aS 71) & §. Arcot, near Col. Beddome [C.]. 
Q (V. 216; C. 71). coast. 
g-t. 3 (VY. 231 ; Cc. 75) & BalarangamHills. Col. B Beddome [C.]. 
her. (V. 240, 223 ; C. 
74, 75). 
k. gr. (V. 223; C. 65). Collegal, Balara- Col. Beddome [C.}. 
rangams. 
1. Q (V. 282; C. 77). Salem district. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
m. Hgr. (V. 238; C. 77). Trichinopoly. Col. Beddome [C-}, 
n. Her. (V. 281; C. 83), Nallymally. Col. Beddome [C. 
v. 2 (Vv. 220; C. 80). Travancore. Col, Beddome [C. 
p. 2(V. 211; © 80). Trincomalee. Col. Yerbu A 4 
q. & (V. 219; C. ?). Ceylon. Sir A. Smit t ~~ 
