180. cHRYSOPELEA, 197 
Snout mucn depressed, squarely truncate. Rostral broader than 
deep, visible from above; internasals nearly as long as the pre- 
frontals; frontal once and one third to once and two thirds as long 
as broad, nearly as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as 
long as or slightly shorter than the parietals; loreal small and 
elongate (rarely fused with the preefrontal) ; one praocular, often in 
contact with the frontal; two postoculars ; temporals 242; nine or 
ten upper labials, fifth and sixth or fourth, fifth, and sixth entering 
the eye; five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 
which are shorter than the posterior. Scales smooth or faintly 
keeled, in 17 rows. Ventrals 200-238, last usually divided; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 106-138. Coloration very variable ; head 
black with yellow cross-bars and spots. 
Total length 1120 millim.; tail 310. 
Ceylon, Hills of Southern India, Bengal, Assam, Burma, Southern 
‘China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
A. Black above, each scale with a round greenish-yellow spot; 
usually with larger coral-red spots on the back, resembling a 
series of tetrapetalous flowers ; ventrals greenish yellow, edged 
with black. 
a & (V. 221; C.135). Anamallays,S. India. Col. Beddome [C.], 
b,c. 3 (V. 215; C.182) Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
& 2 (V. 236 ; C.135). 
d. 3 (V. 238; C.?). ir Malay Penin- BP Mitchell, Esq. 
sula. he 
é. bo (V.228; C.130). Singapore. De, Detays [P.]. 
Ff. @ (V. 218; C.124). Sumatra. 
g. 2 (V. 221; C.132). Borneo. ' Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
B. Like the preceding, but ventrals not black-edged. 
a. Q (V. 222; C. 124). Malabar. Dr. Packmann [P.]. 
b. 6 (V. 218; C.106). Batavia. 
ec, Hgr. g (V. 204; Tawi-Tawi, Sooloo Is, <A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 
d. Her. g (V. 208; Philippines, HL Cuming, Esq. 
C.?). : foyer 
. Like the preceding, but vertebral spots confluent into a stripe, at 
least on the anterior part of the body. 
‘a, 6, ce-d. g (V. 221; Labuan. L, L. Dillwyn, Esq. 
C.?), 2 (V.297, 225; [P.]. : 
C. 134, 125), & her. 
(V. 217; 0.181). | ; 
e. o (V. 227; C.119). Mt. Dulit, Sarawak. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 
D. Greenish yellow or pale green above, each scale edged and 
mesially streaked with black, with more or less distinct black 
cross-bars ; ventrals yellow, with a small black spot on each 
side. 
a. 2 (V. 282; .C. P). India (?). Gen. Hardwicke[P.]. 
