238 COLUBRID. 
1. Elapomoius dimidiatus. 
Elapomorphus dimidiatus, Jan, Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, 
. 47, and Icon. Gén. 14, pl. iii. fig. 3 (1865); Strauch, Bull. Ac. 
. Pétersb. xxix. 1884, p. 587. 
Rostral a little broader than deep, the portion visible from above 
about half as long as its distance from the frontal; latter shield 
slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of 
the snout, shorter than the parietals; loreal longer than deep; a 
single preocular; a single postocular ; temporals 1+1; six upper 
labials, second and third entering the eye, fifth very small; five 
lower labials in contact with the chin-shields. Scales in 15 rows, 
Ventrals 246 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 26. Yellowish above (five 
rows of scales) ; sides blackish, the scales edged with whitish ; head 
black above; upper lip white; yellowish white beneath, posterior 
ventrals and subcaudals spotted with black ; end of tail black, the 
terminal shield whitish. 
; Total length 580 millim. ; tail 40. 
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Skull of Llapomorphus lemniscatus, 
Calamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1887). 
Mepemcne ( Wiegm.), part., Dum. §& Bibr. Mém. Ac. Se. xxiii. 
1853, p. 489, and Erp, Gén. vii. p. 832 (1854); Jan, Arch, Zool. 
_ Anat, Phys, ii. 1862, p. 41; Strauch, Bull, Ac. St. Pétersb, xxix. 
1884, p. 549. | 
