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237. CALLOPHIS, 397 
Reddish -or pale brown above, with three dark brown or black 
longitudinal lines passing through distant round dark brown or 
black spots, the lateral spots alternating with the vertebrals ; two 
outer rows of scales dark brown or black with a yellow longitudinal 
streak ; belly and lower surface of tail barred black and yellow. 
Total length 740 millim.; tail 35, 
Pinang, Singapore, Sumatra. 
a. 2 (V. 809; C. 23). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. (Type of 
C. nigromaculatus.) 
ne Her. (V. 305, 303; C. 28,23). Pinang. E. India Co. [P.}. 
d. 2 (V.320; C. 21). ? E. India Co, [P.]. 
e. 2 (V. 308; C. 22). ee Haslar Collection. 
2. Callophis trimaculatus. 
Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pl. viii. (1796). 
Coluber melanurus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 552 (1802). 
Vipera trimaculata, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 25 (1803). 
Elaps trimaculatus, Merr. Tent. p. 148 (1820). 
melanurus, Jerd. Journ. As. Soe. Beng. xxii. 1856, p. 522. 
Callophis trimaculatus, Giiinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, sp 83, pl. xvi. 
fig. E, and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 350 (1864) ; Zheob. Cat. Rept. 
Brit. "Ind. p . 212 (1876) ; Phipson, Journ, Bomb. N. H. Soe. ii. 
1887, p. 248, ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 384 (1890). 
_ Eye as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the 
mouth. Rostral a little broader than deep; frontal as long as its 
distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; 
one pree- and two postoculars; asingle temporal ; six upper labials, 
third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of subequal chin- 
shields, the anterior in contact with three or four labials. Scales 
in 13 rows. Ventrals 240-274; anal divided; subcaudals 24-35. 
Light bay above, each scale with a brown dot; sometimes a fine 
dark vertebral line; head and nape black, with a yellow spot on 
each side of the occiput; lower parts uniform red ; ‘tail with two 
black rings. 
Total length 335 millim.; tail 21. 
India and Burma. 
Her. (V. 240; C. 32). Nerva, Bengal. Dr. P. Russell. (Type.) 
b. 2 (V. 264; C. 26). Trichinopoly. Col. Beddome [C. }. 
c-d. 9 (V. 263, 266; C. Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
é. Hor. (Vv. 266; C.?). India. W. Masters, Esq. [P.]. 
3. Callophis maculiceps. 
Elaps melanurus (zon Shaw), Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 106, pl. xl. 
fig. 6 (1847). 
—— maculiceps, Giinth. Cat. p. 232 (1858). 
Callophis maculiceps, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 84, pl. xvi. 
fig. D, and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 351 (1864); Theod. Cat. Rept. 
