3, VIPERA. 471 
1. Azemiops fea. 
Azemiops fess, Bouleng. Ann. Mus, Genova,(2) vi. 1888, p. 603, pl, vii, 
and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 418, tig. (1890). 
Head elliptical, snout short and broad. Rostral moderate, broader 
than deep; internasals and preefrontals subequal in length; frontal 
a little broader than long, nearly thrice as broad as the supraocular ; 
parietals as long as their distance from the end of the snout ; loreal 
small, pentagonal, as deep as long; two (or three) preoculars; two 
postoculars; two large superposed anterior temporals, the upper 
alone in contact with the postoculars; six upper labials, third 
entering the orbit, first and second smallest, fourth and fifth largest; 
seven lower labials, first large and forming a long suture with its 
fellow, second small; a pair of short chin-shields. Scales in 17 
rows. Ventrals 180; anal entire; subcaudals 42. Blackish above, 
the scales being dark grey in the centre and black on the borders, 
with fifteen transverse white bands, one scale wide, some of which 
are disconnected in the middle and alternate with those on the other 
side; upper surface of head, from the prefrontals, black, with a 
yellow median line, which is very narrow anteriorly and widens 
posteriorly, ending on the neck on the eleventh transverse series of 
scales ; end of snout and sides of head yellow; a blackish streak 
from below the eye to the lower border of the fourth upper labial ; 
another from the postoculars to the upper border of the sixth labial. 
Lower parts olive-grey, with some small lighter spots; chin and 
throat variegated with yellow. 
Total length 610 millim.; tail 90. 
Kakhyen Hills, Upper Burma. 
3. VIPERA. 
Vipera, part., Laur. Syn. Rept. p. 99 (1768); Merr. Tent. Syst, 
Amph. p. 149 (1820); Jan, Elenco sist. Ofid. p. 120 (1863) ; 
Strauch, Syn. Viper. p. 21 (1869); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 
. 419 (1890). 
Pdlias, Merr, l.c. p. 148; Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 177 (1830); Gray, 
Cat. Sn. p. 31 (1849); Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 1893 
(1854). 
Echidna, part., Merr. 1. c. p. 150; Dum. & Bibr. l. ec. p. 1420. 
Cobra, part., Fitzing. N. Class. Rept. p. 33 (1826). 
be sis rr lc.; Wagl.l.c.; Gray, le. p. 30; Dum. § Bibr. 
.c. p. 1405. 
Rhinad pis (non Wagl.), Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital., Anf. (1834). 
Daboia, Gray, Zool. Miscell. p. 69 (1842), and Cat. p.23; Giinth. 
Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 395 (1864). 
Echidnoides, Mauduyt, Herp. Vienne, p. 29 (1844). 
Head distinct from neck, covered with small scales, with or with- 
out small frontal and parietal shields; eye moderate or small, with 
vertical pupil, separated from the labials by scales; nostrils lateral ; 
nasal in contact with the rostral or separated by a naso-rostral 
