370 COLUBRID. 
4. Bungarus lividus. 
Bungarus lividus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p.32 ; Bouleng. Faun. 
Ind., Rept. p. 3889 (1890); W. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1x. 
1891, p. 246. 
— ee Ny var. lividus, Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 113 (1847). 
—— lineatus, var. C, Giinth. Cat. p. 219 (1858). 
—— ceruleus, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 343 (1864) ; Anders. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 189; Theob. Cat. pet. Brit. Ind, p. 215 
(1876). 
Rostral nearly as deep as broad, visible from above; internasals 
shorter than the prefrontals ; frontal longer than broad, as long as 
its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 
one pree- and two postoculars; temporals 1+2; seven upper labials, 
third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of chin-shields, anterior 
lungest and in contact with three lower labials. Scales in 15 rows, 
vertebrals but feebly enlarged and not broader than long. Ventrals 
212-225 ; anal entire; subcaudals single, 37-56. Uniform black 
or brown above; upper lip white; lower parts white or pale brown. 
Total length 940 millim. ; tail 100. 
Assam, Bengal. 
a-c. 6 (V. 215; C. 37) & yg. Assam. East India Co. [P.]. 
(V. 214, 212; C. 40, 37). 
d. Hgr. (V. 212; C. 42). India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
5. Bungarus bungaroides, (Pxare XVIII. fig. 5.) 
Elaps bungaroides, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 33. 
Xenurelaps bungaroides, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 345 (1864) ; 
Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 82; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p- 215 (1876); Blanf. Journ. As, Soc. Beng. xxxviii. 1879, p. 181. 
Bungarus bungaroides, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., . p. 889 (1890) ; 
. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1x. 1891, p. 246. 
Rostral broader than deep, just visible from above; internasals 
shorter than the preefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 
parietals ; one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 14+2; seven 
upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of short, 
subequal chin-shields, the anterior in contact with three labials, 
Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals mnch enlarged, broader than long on 
the hinder half of the body. Ventrals 220-237; anal entire; 
subcaudals 44-51, all in pairs, or a few of the anterior single. 
Black, with white (yellow ?) transverse lines, the anterior angular 
and pointing forwards; these lines widen beneath, forming broad 
bands across the belly ; a yellow line across the snout and a curved 
one on each side, from the frontal shield to behind the angle of the 
mouth ; a third from the postoculars to the lip, 
Total length 800 millim. ; tail 100, 
Khasi hills and Darjeeling. 
