386 COLUBRID. 
7. Naia bungarus. 
Hamadryas hannah, Cantor, As. Res. xix. 1836, p. 87, pls. x.-xii. 
Naja bungarus, Schleg. Phys, Serp. ii, p. 476, pl. xvii, figs. 8 & 9 
(1887); Schleg. § Miill. in Temm. Verh. Overz, Bez. Nederl. Ind., 
Rept. p. 71, pl. x. (1844); Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 690; 
eee: Pou. Ind., Rept. p. 392, fig. (1890). 
Hamad Ae hiophagus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1839, p. 32, and 
Cat. we p. 116 (1847). 
asthe a Ree eye art., Dum. §& Bibr. vii. p. 1245 (1854). 
Hamadryas e iinth . 219 (1858). 
Trimeresurus =! rus, aa ev. § Mag. Zool, 1859, p, 129, and 
Wenge Gén, 44, pl. iv. (1878). 
a fasciata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p 
i earn elaps, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. ? BA (1864) ; Stoliczka, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 210, pl. xi. fig. 7 ; Anders. 
Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 188 ; Fayrer, Thanatoph. oo pls. vii. & 
vili. (1874) ; Boetig. Ber. Offend. Ver. Nat. 1888, 
Naja elaps, Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 209 (sro). 
ingens, v. Hasselt, Versl. Ak. Amsterd. xvii. 1882, p. 140. 
—— tripudians, var. sumatrana, F. Miill. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, viii. 
1887, p. 277. 
Eye moderate, two fifths to one half the length of the snout in 
the adult. Rostral once and a half to once and two thirds as broad 
as deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as or a little 
shorter than the preefrontals, separated from the preocular; frontal 
once and one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, as broad 
as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 
much shorter than the parietals; a pair of large occipital shields ; 
one preocular (rarely two); three postoculars; temporals 242; 
seven upper labials, third deepest, seventh longest, third and fourth 
entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the 
posterior. 19 or 21 scales across the neck, 15 across the middle 
of the body. Ventrals 215-262 ;.anal entire; subcaudals 80-117, 
the anterior usually single. Coloration very variable. Yellowish, 
brown, or olive to- black, with or without more or less marked dark 
cross-bands. . 
Total length 3900 millim. ; tail 630. 
India, Burma, Indo-China, Southern China, Malay Peninsula and 
Archipelago. 
A. With dark cross-bands or annuli, of which at least traces persist 
in old specimens. Young annulate black and yellow. 
a, Ad., skin, Near Collem, Goa. W.F. Hamilton, Esq. 
b. Head of adult. 8. Canara. Col. Beddome [C.. 
ce. Yg. (V.246; C.91). Anamallays. Col, Beddome | C.}, 
d. Ad., stffd. Madras, Sir W. Elliot 
e. 2 (V. 254; C. 83). Pegu. W. Theobald, “Esq. 
Ww. 
f-g. 3 (V. 287; C.95) Siam. Newman, Esq. 
‘% 2 (V. 261; 0. 86). (P.] 
