A NEW SNAKE FROM BALUCHISTAN. 



686 



Psammophis triticeus 



jav. 



(nat. sise). 



Psammophit 



schokari, 

 {nat. size). 



long as the nasals. Frceocular — One, touching the frontal, 

 Postoculars — Two. Temporals — Two. Sup-alabials — 9, the 4th, 

 6th and 6th touching the eye. Infralabials — 6, the 6th largest, 

 and in contact with two scales behind. Sublinguals — Two pairs, 

 the posterior longer and in contact with the 5th and 6th infra- 

 labials. The snout is one-third longer than the horizontal diameter 

 of the eye. Costals — Two headslengths behind head 17, midbody 

 17, two headslengths before vent 13. In the reduction of rows 

 first the 3rd above the ventrals is absorbed into the row above 

 or below ; then the uppermost is absorbed into the vertebral. 

 Ventrals — 177 to 186. Anal divided. Suhcaudals 75 to 88. 



Colour. — Wheaten. A series of small black sub-apical short 

 streaks on the sixth row above the ventrals, on the lower part of 

 ihe 7th and upper part of the 5th rows. The interrupted formal 



