372 COLUBRID. 
brown spots separated by narrower interspaces; these brown 
spots much shorter, roundish, on the hinder part of the body ; head 
dark brown above, separated from the first dorsal spot by a narrow 
white collar ; upper lip and lower parts uniform white. 
Total length 530 millim.; tail 100. 
Southern India and Ceylon, 
a, 3 (V. 284; C. 83). Anamallay Hills. Col. Beddome [C.). 
(Type.) 
b. Hgr. (V. 234; C. 85). Cuddapa Hills, Col. eldases [C.]. 
4. Dryocalamus davisonii. 
Ulupe davisonii, Blanf. Journ. As. Soc, Beng. xvii. 1878, p. 128, 
and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 221; Boettg. Ber. Offend. Ver. 
Naturk. 1888, p. 55. 
Hydrophobus davisonii, Bouleng. Faun, Ind., Rept. p. 299 (1890). 
Rostral not twice as broad as deep, visible from above; nasal un- 
divided ; suture between the internasals as long as that betwecn 
the prefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of 
the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal longer than deep, 
entering the eye; no preocular; one or two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2 (or 242); seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 
eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 
235-265; anal entire; subcaudals 91-108. Above with dark 
brown or black elongate spots separated by white or pale brown 
narrower interspaces; on the hinder half of the body the brown 
spots become smaller or may be broken up; snout brown, connected 
with the first dorsal brown spot by a longitudinal brown band, the 
rest of the head being whitish ; lower parts whitish, tail mottled 
with brown. : 
Total length 670 millim.; tail 150. 
Tenasserim, Siam, Cochinchina. 
a-b. g (V. 236; ©.91) & Cochinchina. FE, ©. Cox-Smith, Esq. | P.}. 
2 (V. 235; ©. 96). 
c. do (V. 254; C. 99). Annam. ais Hall Mus., Hongkong 
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5. Dryocalamus tristrigatus. (Pratr XXV. fig. 3.) 
Dryocalamus tristrigatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 121 (1858). 
Rostral a little broader than deep, the portion visible from above 
half as long as its distance from the frontal; nasal undivided ; 
suture between the internasals shorter than that between the pre- 
frontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
loreal nearly twice as long as deep, entering the eye; no preocular ; 
two postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 243; seven upper labials, 
third and fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in contact 
with the antcrior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields very short, 
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