210. ENHYDRIS. 301 
g. Hgr. (V. 150). Madras. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 
h, 7. " CV; 163, 187). Ceylon. E. W. H. Holdsworth,. 
Esq. [C.]. 
-k. & (V. 155). Ceylon. 
1, 3, skeleton. Ceylon. 
2. Enhydris hardwickii. 
Lapemis hardwickii, Gray, Ill. Ind. Zool. ii. pl. Ixxxvii. f. 2 (1834), 
and Cat. p. 44 (1849). 
Hydrophis pelamidoides, Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 512, pl. xviii. 
figs. 16 & 17 (1837), and Faun. Japon., Rept. pl. ix. (1838) ; 
Dum. & Bibr. vii. p. 1845 (1854); Jan, Icon. Gién. 41, pl. iii. 
fig. 1 (1872). 
_/Lapemis loreatus, Gray, Ann. §& Mag. N. H. xi. 1848, p. 46. 
Hydrophis (Pelamis) pelamidoides, Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Ham, 
iii, 1856, p. 64, pl. ii. 
oo Jan, Rev. § Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 150, and Prodr. 
pl. D (1859). 
— hardwickii, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 380, pl. xxv. fig. W 
(1864) ; Anders. Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 1889, p. 348. 
— loreata, Giinth. 1. c. p. 380; Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1888, p. 396. 
—— fayreriana, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. x1. 1871, p. 19. 
abbreviatus, Jan, Icon. Gén. 40, pl. iv. fig. 2, & v. fig. 2. 
—— brevis, Jan, 1. ¢. pl. iv. fig. 2. 
Enhydris hardwickii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 897 (1890). 
Rostral as deep as broad or slightly broader than deep ; parietals: 
large ; one pre-and one to three postoculars ; a loreal sometimes 
present ; two or three superposed anterior temporals ; seven upper 
labials, fourth, or third and fourth entering the eye; chin-shields 
very small and separated by scales, or quite indistinct. 25 to 33 
scales round the anterior part of the body, 34 to 37 round the 
middle, with tubercles as in the preceding species. Ventrals 
usually very indistinct, 130-200. Coloration as in the pre- 
ceding, but the dark bands often forming complete rings round the: 
body. 
Total length 750 millim.; tail 80. 
From the Bay of Bengal to the Chinese Sea and the coast of New 
Guinea. 
a. 9 (V. 150). India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
(Type-) 
b-c. 3 (V. 180) & Singapore. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
Q (V. 153). 
d. 3 (V. 135). . Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
(Type of LZ. loreatus.)y 
e, f. 2 (V. 136, 142). Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 
g. d (V. 140). Philippines. 
h. Her. (V. 175). Manilla. 
hab) (V. 180, 156, Negros. * Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 
m-q. 3d (V.155, 138), Malay Archipelago. 
$ (V. 200, 146), & fee 
yg. (V. 180). 
