296 COLUBRID. 
4, Hgr. (V. 370). Madras beach. Dr. J. R. Henderson 
e. g (V. 342). China. J. Po heoves, Esq. [P.]. 
C. Annuli feebly marked or interrupted on the sides and beneath. _ 
a-b. .. (V. 352) & 2 Khor Abdulla, head bi Cumming, Esq. 
(V. 374). of Persian Gulf. 
e. do (V. 360). Bushire. E. Sie Phillips, Esq. 
d. 3 (V. 377). Kurrachee. ueeeenea Mus. 
ae? (¥. 14) Ceylon. R. Tomploponiy- Ge 
SF. Her. (V. 296). Mergui. Dr. J. Andetson [ ea 
g. 3 (V. 825). Singapore. (Type of H. 
A. 2 (V. 330). Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Bisq. [P. [Ph 
t. 3 (V. 348). Near Zebu, Philip- H.M.S. ‘Challenger 
pines, 
k. 2 (V. 348). -—: 
D. Dark cross-bars, confined to the back. 
a. 2 (V. 281). Muscat. i sat Jayakar, Esq. 
b. Her. (V. 360). pele e 
E. A dark stripe along the back; cross-bars absent or confined 
to the nape. 
a. 2 (V. 330). Bombay. H. M. Phipson, F 
mi J [P.] (As H. oe 
sont, Murr.) 
13. Distira bituberculata. 
ear aa pa: Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 8565, 
Distira bit bituberculata, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 411 (1890). 
Very closely allied to D. lapemidoides, but scales imbricate, with 
the keels mostly broken up into two tubercles; 26 or 27 ‘scales 
round the neck, 48 or 49 round the deepest part of the body. 
Ventrals distinct, 278. Dark brown above, yellowish on the sides 
and beneath, the ‘skin between the scales black. 
Total length 1090 millim.; tail 100. 
Ceylon. 
14, Distira belcheri. (Prare XVII. fig. 2.) 
Aturia belcheri, Gray, Cat. p, 46 (1849), 
Hydrophis belcheri, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 364 (1864), 
Head rather small; body elongate ; diameter of neck two fifths 
greatest depth of body. Rostral as deep as broad; nasals shorter 
than the frontal, twice as long as the suture between the pre- 
frontals ; frontal nearly twice as long as broad, as long as its 
distance from the rostral, shorter than the parietals ; one pre- and 
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