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ning along the occipital and supraocular shields; a narrow brown 
line along the median line of the vertical shield and occipital suture. 
The dorsal bands of the trunk are confluent into one on the tail. 
The lateral band runs from the nostril along the loreal, through the 
eye, occupying the second outer series of scales and the adjacent 
halves of the nearest series; it gradually disappears on the tail. 
The lower half of the outermost series of scales and the abdomen 
white ; lower labials, throat, and foremost ventrals slightly marbled 
with blackish. 
A single example, with the head much damaged, has been obtained 
in Sindh; it is 264 inches long, the tail being 83 inches, and the 
head ? inch. 
III. Descriptions of Species discovered by Mr. Barnes. 
DENDROPHIS CAUDOLINEOLATA. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) 
This is the Ceylonese representative of D. caudolineata. Scales 
in thirteen rows, those of the vertebral series conspicuously larger 
than the others. Head as in D. picta; eye rather large. Loreal 
longer than high. The preorbital touches the vertical; occipitals 
obtusely rounded behind. Two postoculars. A large temporal shield 
in contact with the postoculars. Eight upper labials, the fourth 
and fifth entering the orbit. Ventrals 149, strongly keeled; anal 
bifid; subcaudals 125. Brownish, with green metallic lustre; sides 
of the anterior part of the trunk with oblique narrow black streaks ; 
every second and third ventral shield with a blackish line on the 
upper margin ; these markings are confluent into a black line on the 
hinder part of the trunk and tail; a pair of similar dorsal lines make 
their appearance in the same region as the lateral, running along the 
back of the tail; a black line along the meeting edges of the sub- 
caudals, and indistinctly continued for some distance along the 
median line of the abdomen. A horizontal black temporal streak. 
Mr. Barnes obtained one example, 24 inches long; and a second 
smaller one was purchased for the British Museum a short time ago. 
Dipsas BARNESII. (Plate XL. fig. 2.) 
Body much compressed and very slender; head broad, depressed, 
short ; neck very slender; eye rather large. Palatine teeth not en- 
larged ; the last maxillary tooth feeble but grooved. Loreal as high 
as long’; three preoculars, the uppermost not reaching the vertical ; 
two postoculars. Eight upper labials, the fourth and fifth entering 
the orbit. Temporals numerous, scale-like. Scales in nineteen 
rows, those of the vertebral series not quite twice the size of those 
in the series adjoining. Ventrals 219; anal entire; subcaudals 98. 
Dark grey, finely powdered with brown; irregular brown band-like 
markings on the back, and irregular black spots along the lower part 
of the sides ; abdomen finely mottled with brown, Head dark brown 
above ; a dark band from the eye to the angle of the mouth ; throat 
white. 
One example, 23 inches long, was obtained by Mr. Barnes. 
