148. pIPsADOMORPHUS. 63 
Coluber sagittatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 526 (1802). 
—— catenularis, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 253, pl. Ixxv. fig. 2 (1803). 
Dipsas trigonata, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 559; Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. ~ 
p. 267, pl. xi. figs. 6 & 7 (1837); Dum. §& Bibr. vii. p. 1186 
(1854); Blyth, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xxiii. 1855, p. 294; Giinth. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 312 (1864); Jan, Icon. Gén. 38, pl. iii. fig. 2 
(1871) ; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 196 (1876) ; Blanf. Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. xviii. 1879, p. 181; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 383 
(1884); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 358 (1890), and Proce. Zool. 
Soc. 1891, p. 633. 
Dipsadomorphus trigonatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 175 (1858). 
Anterior palatine teeth scarcely larger than the posterior; 
anterior mandibular teeth feebly enlarged. Rostral broader than 
deep, just visible from above; internasals broader than long, 
shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth to once 
and one third as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end 
of the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal as long as deep or 
longer than deep; one preocular, not extending to the upper 
surface of the head; two postoculars; temporals 2+2 or 2+3; 
eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; four 
or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 
are as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 21 
rows, vertebral row feebly enlarged. Ventrals 209-238; anal 
entire; subcaudals 76-92. Yellowish olive or pale grey above, 
with a white black-edged zigzag band along the back, or with a 
dorsal series of white, black-edged spots; head with two brown 
bands edged with black, diverging posteriorly ; belly white, with or 
without a series of small brown spots along each side. 
Total length 970 millim.; tail 175. 
Transcaspia, Baluchistan, India. 
a. & (V. 225; C.84). Puli Hatun, Trans- M. C. Eylandt [C.]. 
caspia. 
b. Hgr. (V. 280; C. 92). Geaaar Baluchistan. W.T. Blanford, Esq. 
PT; 
c. 2 (V. 229; C.84). | Kurrachee. Dr. Leith [P.], 
d. 2 (V.223; C. 83). Kamaon, Himalayas, Messrs. v. Schlagint- 
weit [C.]. 
e. 9. (V. 235; C. 82). Bengal. Gon Hind sioke [P.]. 
. & (V. 225; C. 80). Vizagapatam, Dr. P. Russell. 
g. 2 (V. 231; C. 83). Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.]. 
h, i, k. 9 (V.280; C. 79), Madras. J. Boileau, Esq. [P. i. 
her. (V. 209; C. 85), & 
yg. (V. 224; CO. 79). 
l,m. 3 (V. 235; C.90) Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
& 2 (V. 232; C. 76). 
m. Skeleton. India. 
o. Skull. Pondichery. 
2. Dipsadomorphus multimaculatus. 
Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pl. xxiii. (1801). 
Dipsas multimaculata, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 549; Schleg. Phys. Serp. 
ii. p. 265, pl. xi. figs. 4 & 5 (1837), and Abbild. pl. xlv. figs. 18-15 
