72 COLUBRID, 
11. Dipsadomorphus cyaneus. 
Triglyphodon cyaneum, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1079 (1854). 
ei cee me Blyth, Journ, As. Soc, Beng. xxiii. 1855 
aid cyanea, Jan, Elenco, p. 104 (1863) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind. p. 861 
(1890) ; W. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc, Beng. 1x. 1891, p. 244. 
—— bubalina, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 311, pl. xxiv. fig. E 
(1864); Stoliczka, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 441; Theob. 
Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 197 (1876). 
Anterior palatine teeth scarcely larger than the posterior; 
anterior mandibular teeth considerably larger than the posterior. 
Rostral a little broader than deep, just visible from above ; inter- 
nasals broader than long, a little shorter than the prefrontals ; 
frontal slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the 
end of the snout, shorter than the parietals; one preocular, ex- 
tending to the upper surface of the head but not reaching the 
frontal ; two postoculars; temporals 24+3 or 34+3; eight upper 
labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye; five lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are about as long as 
the posterior. Scales in 21 rows, vertebral row rather strongly 
enlarged. Ventrals 237-252; anal entire; subcaudals 124-133. 
Adult uniform green above, the skin between the scales black, uni- 
form greenish yellow beneath. Young olive, with black cross-bars 
and a black streak behind the eye; belly variegated brown and 
white. 
Total length 1360 millim. ; tail 340. 
Assam, Cachar, Sikkim, Tenasserim. 
a. & (V. 242; C. 129). —? Dr. Giinther [P.}. 
5. Yg. (V. 287 ; C. P). Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, 
Esq. [P.]. 
12. Dipsadomorphus nigriceps. (Pxarex III. fig. 3.) 
Dipsas nigriceps, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (8) xii. 1863, p. 359, 
— hoffmanseggii, Peters, Mon, Berl. Ac. 1867, p. 27. Be 
—— flavescens, var., Jan, Icon. Gén. 38, pl. v. fig. 2 (1871). 
Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth moderately enlarged. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
broader than long. shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal as long as 
broad or 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; one procular, in contact with or narrowly 
separated from the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals very vari- 
able, 1+2 or 2+3 or 3+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 considerably shorter than the 
posterior, Scales in 21 rows, vertebral row strongly enlarged. 
Ventrals 240-263; anal entire; subcaudals 140-144. Reddish or 
greyish brown above, uniform or irregularly mottled with darker; 
head uniform blackish above ; upper lip white; lower parts white 
or greyish, faintly dotted with darker. 
