376 COLUBRID. 
a. do (V.191; C. ?). Chusan, Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 
b. g (V. 189; C. ?). Chusan. 
c-e. do (V. 194, 189,194; Mountains north A. E. Pratt, Esq.[C.1. 
C. 115, 116, 115). of Kiukiang. 
ft. & (V. 187; C. 112). [ Deccan. } Col. Sykes [P.}. 
2. Zaocys nigromarginatus. 
Coluber nigromarginatus, Blyth, Jowrn, As. Soc. Beng, xxiii. 1854, 
p. 290. 
Coryphodon carinatus, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 112 (1858), and Proc. Zool. 
Soe.1860, p. 163. 
Zaocys nigromarginatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 257, pl. xxii. fig. B 
(1864); Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 172 (1876); Bouleng. 
Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 329 (1890). 
Coryphodon dhumnades (non Cant.), Jan, Icon. Gén, 24, pl. iv. fig. 1 
(1867). 
Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals shorter 
than the prefrontals; frontal once and one fourth to once and a 
half as long as broad, as long as or a little shorter than its distance 
from the end of the snout or than the parietals; loreal longer than 
deep; one preocular, with a subocular below it; two postoculars ; 
temporals 242 (rarely 14+ 2); eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 
entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 16 
rows, the four or six median keeled. Ventrals 190-205; anal 
divided; subcaudals 123-137. Green above, scales black-edged, 
yellowish green below ; two broad deep black bands along each side 
of the tail, advancing forwards on the trunk to its middle third in 
adult specimens, and nearly to the head in young ones; the two 
upper bands separated from each other by the joining halves of the 
two vertebral series of scales. 
Total length 2100 millim. ; tail 600. 
Himalayas (to 7100 feet), Khasi Hills, and Kakhyen Hills, Upper 
Burma. 
a,b. 6 (V.193; C.1380) & Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
ye. (V. 194; 0. 130). Pa. 
ce. 3 (V. 194; 6. 130). Sikkim. Messrs. tc bier y = 
tweit 
d-e. g (V.190; C.132) & Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 
2 (V... 387.3) 0. Fo. 
Ft. 9 (V. 194; C. 124). Darjeeling. W. (Ph Blanford, Esq. 
g-h. 2 (V. 205; C.1381) & — Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.}. 
hgr. (V. 195; C. 130). 
7,k-m,n. & (V. 205, 193; —?P East India Museum. ~ 
C. 131, 130), 2 (V. 196, r 
197; C. 126, 123), & yg. 
(V. 193; ©. 137). | 
o. 2 (V. 201 ; C. 134). —— ? [Afghanistan. ] 
