MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 2?9 



in this as in other respects with the type. The costals are 17 (not includ- 

 ing the ventral row) in the whole body-length, not 19 as stated in error in 

 the original description (Bomb. N. H. Journal, Vol. XIX. p. 805). 



F. WALL, Major, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. 



Almora, ISt/t March 1911. 



No. XLII.— ON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE SNAKE DIPSADO- 

 MORPHUS NUCRALIS (BEDDOME) IN BERHAMPUR ORISSA. 



In the records of the Indian Museum (Vol. Ill, pp. 151, et seq.) I 

 remarked upon certain forms of Dipsadomorphus hitherto included imder 

 the name D. ceylonensis, four of which combined certain characters, making 

 it appear that each form deserved recognition as a distinct species. 



One of these forms, viz., nuchalis (Beddome) I showed by a series of 16 

 specimens combined the following characters : — (1) scales 21 (rarely 23) 

 in midbody, (2) 234 to 251 ventrals, (3) 90 to 108 sub-caudals, (4) 

 Habitat — Hills in Western India and Nepal. 



I have recently had a specimen in complete accord with this type from 

 Berhampore (Orissa), which is specially interesting, because it links up 

 the previously known curiously distant habitats. The specimen has 21 

 scale rows in midbody, 244 ventrals, and 108 sub-caiidals. The vertebral 

 scales are nearly as broad as long. The colour is a darkish grey, and 

 there are obscure blackish oblique bars costally. 



It is still further interesting in tending to support my views, which 

 Dr. Annandale attacked in the succeeding number of the Journal above 

 referred to. 



As far as I am aware, none of the forms I referred to have been reported 

 from Hills on the Eastern side of India, so that, whether these forms will 

 eventually be recognised as varieties of one species or species distinct 

 from one another, it is interesting to know that one form at least inhabits 

 the Eastern side of Peninsula India. I think it a safe assumption that 

 the specimen I have just acquired is a wanderer from the adjacent Hills 

 which are but 8 or 10 miles distant. 



F. WALL, Major, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. 

 Almora, Qth April 1911. 



No. XLIII.— IS LYCODON C^^MMJS/ (BLANFORD) AN ABERRANT 

 SPECIMEN OF LYCODON FASCIATUS (ANDERSON)? 



I was much interested to see in the last Journal (p. 855) the snake 

 Lycodon fasciatus recorded from exactly the same locality in the, Eastern 

 Himalayas, in which Lycodon gammiei was collected, especially as I have 



