166 COLUBRID. 
as long as broad, nearly as broad, in the middle, as the supraocular, 
as long as or longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as 
long as the parietals; loreal about twice as long as deep; one 
preocular, not extending to the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 
142 or 1+3, rarely 2+3; eight upper labials, third longer than 
second and fourth, 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 17 rows. Ventrals 156-182; anal 
divided; subcaudals 75-90. Pale olive above, with two pairs of 
more or less distinct dark bands each two scales wide ; thése bands, 
the lower of which passes through the eye, often black-edged ; upper 
lip and lower parts uniform yellowish, with a dark line along each 
side of the ventrals and subcaudals. 
Total length 920 millim. ; tail 220. 
Northern India and Burma. 
a. Hgr. (V. 165; C.78). Kotree, Sind. Dr. Leith [P.]. 
b. Hgr. (V. 176; C.88).  Chillianwallah, Dr. Cantor. 
ce. 9 (V. 182; C.?). Bengal. 
d-g. (V. 156, 164; Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [C.]- 
OC. 75, ?), Q (V. 168; 
C. ?), & hgr. (V. 166; 
C. 87). 
h. Han (V, 166; C. ?). Toungyi, S. Shan E. W. Oates, Esq. [P.]. 
tates. 
12. Psammophis brevirostris. 
Psammophis brevirostris, Peters, Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. 1881, p. 89; 
Matschie, Zool. Jahrb. v. 1890, p. 609; Bouleng. Proce. Soe. 
1895, p. 539, 
P Psammophis sibilans, var. tettensis, Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. iii. : 
p. 122 (1882) ; Matschie, l. c. 
Psammophis sibilans, var. brevirostris, Bocage, Herp. Angola, p. 118 
(1895). 
Snout once and a half to once and two thirds as long as the eye. 
Rostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; nostril between two 
or three shields; internasals half as long as the prefrontals; 
frontal twice as long as broad, as broad as or a little narrower, in 
the middle, than the supraocular, as long as its distance from the 
end of the snout, as long as the parietals; loreal once and a half to 
twice as long as deep; one preocular, not reaching the frontal; 
two postoculars ; temporals 2+2 or 3; eight (rarely seven) upper 
Jabials, third deeper than second or fourth (or second deeper than 
first and third), fourth and fifth (or third and fourth) entering the 
eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 
shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. 
Ventrals 153-163; anal divided; subcaudals 64-95. Brown or 
dark olive on the back (7 rows of scales), pale olive on the sides 
down to the ventrals, the two shades separated by a more or less 
distinct lighter streak; a yellowish black-edged spot usually 
present on each vertebral scale ; head uniform olive- brown in the 
