404 COLUBRID. 
8. 2 (V. 211; C. 87). Assouan. Dr. J. Anderson [P.}, 
t. Yg. (V. 215; C.95). Assouan. se me: Esq. 
21. Zamenis gracilis. 
Zamenis ventrimaculatus, var. B, Bee Cat. p. 106 (1858), 
— gracilis, Giinth. a & Mag N. H. (3) ix. 1862, p. 125, and 
Rept. Brit. Ind. ters fig. H (1864) ; Theob. Cat. Rept. 
Bat Ind. p. 70 C (1876) ; Morey, Zool. Sind, p. 378 (1884) ; 
Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 827 (1890). 
Tyria gracilis, Cope, Proc, ree Philad. 1862, p. 338. 
Snout obtuse. Rostral nearly as deep as broad, just visible from 
above; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that 
between the prefrontals; frontal about once and a half as long as 
broad, slightly longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 
nearly as long as the parietals ; loreal nearly as deep as long; one 
preocular, with a small subocular below it; two postoculars ; tem- 
porals 242; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye ; 
four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 
posterior chin-shields as long as or longer than the anterior, 
separated anteriorly by two scales. Scales smooth, in 21 rows. 
Ventrals angulate laterally, 206-228; anal divided; subcaudals 
118-127. Yellowish above, with a series of large round brown 
spots edged with black, separated by narrow interspaces; these 
spots become more indistinct on the posterior part of the body; a 
black cross band on the snout and three angular dark brown black- 
edged bands on the head, the anterior between the eyes, the posterior 
extending on the nape; lower parts yellowish, with an irregular 
series of black spots on each side. 
Total length 910 millim. ; tail 260. 
Deccau and Sind. 
(V. 213; C.121). Deccan. Col. Sykes [P. ‘Teg. > 
-e. 9 (V. 222,216: OC. India. W. none 
P, 120) & yg. (V. 206, [P. (Types). 
208 ; C. 127, 118). 
St. 2 (V. 228; C. 118). —? Chatham Mus. J 
22. Zamenis fasciolatus. 
Russell, Ind. Serp.i. pl. xxi. (1796), 
Coluber fasciolatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 528 (1802); Cantor, Cat. Mal. 
Rept. p. 72 (1847). 
hebe, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 885 (1803), 
eurvirostris, Cantor, Pros Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 51. 
Coryphodon fasciolatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 109 (1858). 
Tyria fasciolata, Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1862, p. 338. 
Zamenis fasciolatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 254, pl. xxi. fig, F 
(1864); Stoliczka, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xl. lar1, p- 431; Theob. 
Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 176 (1876); Bouleng. Faun. Ind. , Rept. 
p. 327 (1890). 
