236. HEMIBUNGARUS. 395 
C. Intermediate between A and B. 
a-b. § (V.240; C.?) & Q Nilgherries. W. Theobald, Esq. . 
(V, 241; ©. 35). — [C]). 
D. Dark purplish brown above, with three or five more or less distinct 
black stripes, which are not light-edged. (C. concinnus, Bedd.) 
a. 5 (V. 246; C. 41). Nilgherries, 6000 Col. Beddome [C. ]. 
ft. 
b, e-d. 5 (V. 248, 225,235; Wynad. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
C. 43, 38, 42). 
E. Pale reddish brown or red above, with five black stripes. (C. penta- 
lineatus, Bedd.) 
a-c. d (V. 238, 247; C.39, Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
35) & Q (V.241; 0.35). 
d-e, f-g. & (V. 251, 245; Anamallays,4700 W. Davison, Esq. [C.]. 
C.°44, 40), 9 (V. 236; ft. 
h. 3 (V. 249; ©. 43). N. Travancore Col. Beddome [C.]. 
Hills. 
i-k. 3 (V. 243; 0.36) & Tinnevelly Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
her. (V. 234; C. 37). 
1. Skull of d. 
4, Hemibungarus japonicus. 
Callophis japonicus, Giinth. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 428, 
pl. xvii. fig. C; Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) x. 1892, p. 302, 
and Zool, Rec. 1894, Rept. p. 31. 
boettgeri, Fritze, Zool. Jahrb. vii. 1894, p. 861. 
Rostral broader than deep ; frontal as long as or longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; 
one pre- and two postoculars; temporals 1+1; seven upper 
labials, third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of subequal 
chin-shields, anterior in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 
13 rows.- Ventrals 190-216; anal divided; subcaudals 28-29. 
Red above, with one, three, or five black stripes crossed by black 
bars edged with yellowish ; snout and sides of head black ; yellowish 
beneath, with large black spots alternating with black cross-bars, 
which may form annuli with the dorsal bars. 
Total length 520 millim. ; tail 40. 
Loo Choo Islands; Japan (?)*. 
a. Yg. (V. 205; C. 29). Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [C.]. (Type.) 
b. d (V. 190; C. 28). Great Loo Choo, Mr. Holst [C.]. 
c-d. 9 (V. 216; C. 28) & Oo Sima. M. Ferrié (C.]; M. R. Ober- 
yg. (V. 211; C. 28). thiir [P.]. 
* The type is stated to be from Nagasaki. The species has not been re- 
discovered in Japan, and the fact that the companion snake purchased from 
Mr. Whitely (Cyclophis nebulosus) belongs to a Loo Choo species (see Cat. ii. 
p. 278) renders it probable that an error of locality has taken place, 
