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TABLE sHOwING NumBers oF ScALES AND SHIELDS. 
Ant. 
Se. Vv. A Cc Lab Temp. Preoc. 
VOtEDGS sivas cincsee said 17 |170-185| 1 | 92-97 8 1 1 
NOLOSLICTUS — ess eeane 17 |157-171| 1 | 81-104 8 2(1)| 2 
SChOK ATI... ee secsenees 17 (19)| 162-195| 2 | 93-149 | 9 (8-10)| 2 (1) | 1 (2) 
punctulatus ......06 17 |177-190| 2 |130-158| 9 (8) 2 1 
trigraMMUS ....0..4. 17 182 2 132 9 1-2 2 
CONAALUS ....0006 17 |151-168| 2 |100-108/ 8-9 2 1 
DOCUGEE 00.0... 000000 17 | 161-173} 2 | 109-127 9 1-2 1 
SUDUANS .2....00.s00000 17 |155-198|} 2 | 90-116 | 8(9) | 2(8)} 1(2) 
Sfurcatus  ..........0. 17 |158-179| 2 | 95-114 8 2 1 
| Longifrons .......++04- 17 173 | 2 93 8 2 1 
CONAANATUS .....000+ 17 |156-182| 2 | 75-90 8 1 (2) 1 
| brevirostris ......... 17 |153-163| 2 | 64-95 | 8(7) 2 1 
| CLEGGRS ...cccccesoatos 17 |179-202| 2 | 144-161 9 2(1)} 1 
Disertatus ......00000. 15 | 142-164} 1-2| 100-131 |9-10(8)| 2 1-2 
CrUCHE? .....d..sseess- 15 |136-155| 2 | 62-81 | 8 (7) 2 1 
PUMCKEP ....0.eccecees 13 144 2 108 1 2 
ANGOLENSIS ...+00. 024+ 11 {141-155| 2 | 57-81 8 1 1 
1. Psammophis leithii. 
Psammophis leithii, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 505, pl. xxxix. ; 
Stoliczka, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, p. 83; Murray, Zool. Sind, 
p. 382 (1884) ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 588. 
condanarus (non Merr.), Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. x\viii. 
1879, p. 126. 
leithii, part., Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 365 (1890). 
Snout once and a half to once and two thirds as long as the eye. 
Rostral broader than deep, visible from above ; nostril between two 
or three shields; internasals about half the length of the pre- 
frontals; frontal twice to twice and a half as long as broad, much 
narrower, in the middle, than the supraocular, longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, nearly as long as the parietals ; 
loreal about twice as long as deep; one preeocular, in contact with 
the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; eight upper labials, 
third deeper than second and fourth, fourth and fifth entering the 
eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows, 
Ventrals 170-185; anal entire; subcaudals 92-97.. Ye'lowish 
above, with four longitudinal brown bands edged with black, the 
median pair extending to the supraoculars, the outer to the end of 
the snout, passing through the eye; a dark streak on the vertex ; 
lower parts white. 
Total length 730 millim. ; tail 210. 
Sind, Cutch, Rajputana, Scindia, Baluchistan. 
a. do (V. 177; C. 97). Sind. Dr. Leith [P.]. 
(Type.) 
b. 2 (V. 170; C. ?). Ajmere. Ma a Esq. 
P.). 
