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8. Dipsadomorphus multifasciatus. 
Dipsadomorphus trigonatus, var. B, Giinth. Cat. p. 175 (1858). 
Dipsas multifasciata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxix. 1861, p.114; 
Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 313 (1864) ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. xxix. 1870, p. 199, pl. xi. fig. 6, and xl, 1871, p. 440; W. 
Sclater, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. |x. 1891, p. 243. 
ceylonensis (non Giiinth.), Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 196 
(1876). 
Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth feebly enlarged. Rostral 
‘broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals broader 
than long, shorter than the prefrontals; frontal a little longer 
than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or longer than deep, 
sometimes entering the eye below the preocular, which is widely 
separated from the frontal, but reaches the upper surface of the 
head; two postoculars; temporals 14+2 or 2+2; eight upper 
labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five to seven lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin- 
shields as long as the anterior, separated from each other by scales. get ‘ 
Scales in 21 rows, vertebral row feebly enlarged. Ventrals 231-— 
248; anal entire; subcaudals 96-109. Greyish above, with 
oblique black cross-bars ; a more or less distinct series of whitish 
spots along the vertebral line; a pair of black streaks on the head, 
from the prefrontals to the occiput, a black streak from the eye to 
the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape; upper 
labials black-edged ; lower parts spotted or checkered with dark 
brown or black. 
Total length 875 millim. ; tail 180. 
Himalayas. 
a,b. 3 (V. 245; ©. 102) & India. 
Q (V. 240; C. 102). 
9. Dipsadomorphus dightonii. 
oo dightoni, Bouleng. Journ. Bomb. N. H., Soe, viii. 1894, p. 528, 
pl. —. 
Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth moderately enlarged. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
broader than long, shorter than the prefrontals; frontal as long as 
broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 
than the parietals; loreal longer than deep; one preocular, 
narrowly separated from the frontal; two postoculars; temporals 
small, scale-like, 2+3; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth 
entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 23 rows, 
vertebral row feebly enlarged. Ventrals 241; anal entire; sub- 
eaudals 95. Pale reddish-brown above, without any dark markings; 
a series of salmon-red blotches along the back; head pale brown, 
