174 DR. J. ANDERSON ON INDIAN REPTILES. [Feb. 21, 



This species is not uncommon at Darjeeling, between 3000 and 

 4000 feet; and I have specimens from the Garo Hills. Blyth's 

 were from Darjeeling; and the type of Cantor's description was 

 from Cherra Pungee. 



Cynophis Helena, Daud. ; Gthr. 1. c. p. 247. 



I obtained a fine specimen of this Snake in the same locality with 

 D.forsteni, var. ceylonensis. It measures, body 31" 4'", tail 7" 3'". 

 Ventral shields 244, subcaudals 77 ; anal entire. The fifth and 

 sixth labials enter the orbit ; and the posterior angle of the fourth all 

 but touches it ; the prseocular touches the vertical. A few spots 

 on the sides of the ventrals, the angles of which along the whole 

 length of the body are ashy brown. The ventrals generally, with 

 the exception of those on the anterior eighth of the body, are 

 minutely mottled with ashy brown. With this exception, this spe- 

 cimen agrees in every other particular with Giinther's description. 



Ptyas korros, Reinw. 



A. young specimen, 13f inches, with about one inch of the tail 

 wanting. Fifteen rows of smooth scales, without any trace of keels 

 or any of the vertebral ones, with a pair of apical grooves. The two 

 large loreal shields have a minute one between, evidently a separated 

 portion of the anterior one. All the other characters agree with 

 this species. V. 187, C. 64 (imperfect). Blackish brown above, 

 with numerous narrow transverse white lines formed by the margins 

 of the scales on the anterior half of the body, dull white below. 



Hah. Nazeerah, Assam. 



This museum possesses a specimen of this Snake from Darjeeling ; 

 so that its known range is from Java to the last-mentioned locality. 



Zamenis diadema, Schlegel ; Gthr. I.e. p. 252. 



Seven specimens, of different ages, from Agra, Bhurtpore, and 

 Dholepore, have only twenty-seven rows of scales and from nine to 

 thirteen upper labials. In the majority the prseocular is divided or 

 partially divided into two. The imperfectly divided shields appear 

 to be characteristic of the young. Anterior frontals are larger than 

 the posterior, and separated from the vertical by four shields, the 

 outer of which are generally the largest. Loreals usually three ; 

 when a fourth occurs it is very small, and is evidently a separated 

 portion of one of the other three. A ring of small shields surrounding 



