366 COLUBRID, 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I, Subcaudals single ; scales in 15 (rarely 17) rows. 
A, A dorsal ridge ; tail ending very obtusely ; anterior temporal 
shield scarcely longer than deep .. 1. fasciatus, p. 366. 
B. No dorsal ridge ; tail tapering to a point; anterior temporal 
much longer than deep. 
Frontal little longer than broad ; rostral a 
little broader than deep; vertebral scales 
strongly enlarged ..........20+ee00. 2. ceylonicus, p, 367. 
Frontal longer than broad; rostral con- 
siderably broader than deep; vertebral 
scales strongly enlarged ............ 3. candidus, p. 368. 
Frontal longer than broad; rostral nearly 
as deep as broad ; vertebral scales feebly 
enlarged 6.50658 os. CINE Se 4. lividus, p. 370. 
II, Subcaudals in pairs, or partly single partly in pairs. 
Scales in 15 rows .. ...s}p)sueaaee nese 5. bungaroides, p.370, 
Scales in-13 rows. ,.. ...\s.asiepumanaue es . 6. flaviceps, p. 371. 
1. Bungarus fasciatus. 
wi “on ii. pl. lviii. fig. 2 (1785); Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pl. iii. 
Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p, 283 (1801). 
Boa fasciata, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 353 (1802). 
Bungarus annularis, Daud. Rept. v. p. 265, pl. Ixv. figs. 1 & 8 
(1803) ; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 457, pl. xvi. figs. 21 & 22 (1837), 
and Abbild. sf xvili. figs. 1-5 (1839); Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 1269 
(1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gén, 44, pl. ii. fig. 3 (1873). 
— fasciatus, Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p, 113 (1847); Giinth. Cat. 
p. 221 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 348 (1864); Fayrer, 
Thanatoph. Ind. pl. ix. (1874); Theob. Cat. Rept. - Brit. Ind. 
. 216 (1876) ; ‘Boettg. Ber. Offend. Ver. Nat. 1885, p. 16, and 
888, p. 86; Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 388 (1890). 
Rostral much broader than deep, visible from above; internasals 
shorter than the prefrontals; frontal longer than broad, as long as 
or longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as or 
a little shorter than the parietals; one pre- and two postoculars ; 
temporals 1+ 2, anterior scarcely longer than deep; seyen upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of short, sub- 
equal chin-shields. An obtuse keel or ridge along the back and 
tail; latter ending very obtusely, Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals 
much enlarged, broader than long. Ventrals 200-234; anal 
entire ; subcaudals single, 23-39. Bright yellow, with black annuli 
as broad as the interspaces between them or broader ; a black band, 
widening behind, on the head and nape, beginning between the eyes 
snout brown. 
