208. HYDROPHIS, . 281 
d-e. 3 (V. 228) & Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.}. 
ff : 98 225). Madras. F. Day, E ] 
~g9. 3 (V. 246, ‘ adras. - EF. Day, Esq. | P.}. 
ge (V. 231). Madras. J.E. Boien, 1 [P.]. 
2 Ygi XV. 262). Madras. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
k. Hg 9(V. 254). India. 
Z. Skull, Indian Ocean. 
16. Hydrophis cantoris. (Prare XIV.) 
P Liopala fasciata, Gray, Zool. Mise. p. 60 (1842). 
Hydrus gracilis, part., Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 180 (1847). 
Hydrophis fasciata, part., Gray, Cat. p. 50 (1849). 
cantoris, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 374, pl. xxv. fig. U (1864) ; 
Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 192; F. Mill. Verh. Nat. Ges. 
Basel, viii. 1887, p. 278; Boettg. Ber. Senck. Ges. 1889, p. 804; 
Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 405 (1864). 
Head very small, narrow; body long, extremely slender ante- 
riorly. Rostral considerably deeper than broad; frontal small, 
longer than broad, hardly as long as its distance from the rostral ; 
one pre- and one postocular; a single anterior temporal, followed 
by a second equally large shield; six upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; two pairs of small chin-shields, in contact with 
each other. 23 to 25 scales round the neck, 41 to 43 round the 
‘ody ; scales smooth, rhomboidal and imbricate anteriorly, else- 
where hexagonal, juxtaposed, each with two or three tubercles one 
before the other. Ventrals hardly enlarged, 412-456. Body dark 
olive or blackish anteriorly, with yellowish cross-bands above; 
posterior part of body olive above, yellowish on the sides; tail with 
olive vertical bars; a blackish streak along the belly. 
Total length 1100 millim.; tail 90. 
Bay of Bengal. 
a. 3 (V. 440). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 
b. 3 (V. 424). Ganjam. F. Day, Esq. [P.]. 
c. Yg., bad state. Indian Ocean. 
17. Hydrophis fasciatus. 
Hydrus fasciatus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. i. p. 240 (1799). 
Pelamis fasciatus, Merr. Tent. p. 139 (1820). 
Disteira fasciata, Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 55 (1826). 
Hydrophis gracilis, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 507 (1837) ; Dum. 
&§ Bbr. vii. p. 1352 (1854) ; Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Hamb. iii. 1856, 
p. 54; Jan, Icon. Gén. 41, pl. iv. fig. 2 (1872). 
~—— chloris (non Daud.), Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind, p. 370 (1864); 
Anders. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1871, p. 191, and 1872, p. 896; Fayrer, 
‘eae Ind, pl. xxvii. (sr), Murray, Zool, Sind, p. 392 
84). 
Aturia lindsayi, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 61 (1842). 
Hydrophis obscura, part., Gray, Cat. p. 49 (1849). 
— lindsayi, Gray, l. c. p. 50; Giinth. 1. c. p. 871; Anders. Ul. cc. 
pp. 896,191; Murray,lc — 
—-- atriceps, Ginth. 1. c. p. 371, pl. xxv. fig. I. 
