231. BUNGARUS. 367 
Total length 1450 millim. ; tail 130. 
Bengal, Southern India, Assam, Burma, Southern China, Indo- 
China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 
a. Yg. (V. 220; C. 36). Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
b. do (V. 228; 0.37). Bengal. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
ec. Yg. (V. 225; C. 33). India. W. Masters, Esq. [ P. }. 
d. Yg. (V. 218; C. 37). Ruby Mines, Upper Major Bingham [P.]. 
Burma. 
é, f-g. 3 (V. 213; C. Toungoo. E. W. Oates, Esq. [P.]. 
28) & 2 (V. 217, 204 ; 
C. 26, 23). . 
h. 3 (V. 216; C. 33). 8. China. J.C. Bowring, Esq.[P.]. 
a. 2 (V. 222; C. 34). Siam. of Pt Newman, Esq. 
k. 3 (V. 220; 0. 37). Siam. a Schomburgk 
Fs} 
l. 2 (V. 227; C. 84). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
m. 3 (V. 234; C. 39). Deli, Sumatra. Mr. Iversen [C,]. 
n. Her. (V. 207; C.36). Java. A. Scott, Esq. py 
o. 6 skeleton. India. 
2. Bungarus ceylonicus. (Pxiarn XIX. fig. 3.) 
Bungarus fasciatus, var. B., Ginth. Cat. p. 221 (1858), 
ceylonicus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 344 (1864) ; Theob. Cat. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 216 (1876); #. Mill. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, 
viii. 1887, p. 276; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 388 (1890). 
Rostral a little broader than deep, just visible from above ; inter- 
nasals shorter than the prefrontals; frontal a little longer than 
broad, as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the end 
of the snout, much shorter than the parietals; one pre- and two 
postoculars; temporals 1+2; seven upper labials, third and fourth 
entering the eye; two pairs of short, subequal chin-shields, the 
anterior in contact with three lower labials. Scales in 15 rows, 
vertebrals much enlarged, broader than long. Ventrals 219-235 ; 
anal entire; subcaudals single, 33-40. Black, with whitish annuli 
which may be very indistinct and broken up on the back in the 
adult ; lower parts uniform white in the young. 
Total length 1000 millim.; tail 90. 
Ceylon. 
a,b,c,d,ef,9,h. 3 (V. Ceylon. 4 
235, 229, 234; C. 35, 36, 
39), hgr. (V. 219, 226; 
C. 36, 38), & yg. (V. 225, 
228, 227; C. 40, 35, 36). 
t. Yg. (V. 226; C. 33). Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P.]. 
k. Ye. head and ant. part Ceylon. Capt. Gascoigne [P. 
of body. i 
l. fg (V. 224; C. 37). Ceylon, W. Ferguson, Esq. [P.j. 
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