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. ovatis car'malis suhimhricatis, caudd cinnamomed, squamis Icevibus 

 rhomboidalibus tectd ; ahdoviine Jlavo-viridescenti lined nigra 

 scrratd utrinque iiicluso. 



Scuta abdomhialia 167. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 68. 

 Habitat. Delta Gangeticum. 



Bright green above, with ovate keeled slightly imbricate scales ; 

 the tail cinnamon-red, with smooth rhomboidal scales ; the abdominal 

 surface greenish-yellow, inclosed on both sides by a black serrated 

 line. 



Trigonocephalus mucrosquamatus. Tri. superne griseo-brun- 

 nescens, annulis nigris albo marginatis, squamis ovatibus, semi- 

 carinatis mucronatis, iinbricatim tectus ; subtus albidus, nigra 

 punctatus. 



Scuta abdominalia 218. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 91. 

 Habitat. Naga Hills, Assam. 



Brownish grey above, with black white-edged rings, covered with 

 oval, half-keeled, pointed, imbricate scales ; whitish beneath, dotted 

 with black. 



Genus Bungarus, Daudin. 



BuNGAEUs iiviDus, BuHg. supemc lividus, subtus albo-Jlavescens, 



Scuta abdominalia 221. 



Scuta subcaudalia 56. 

 Habitat. Asam. 

 Blackish-blue above, yellowish-white beneath. 



Genus Hamadryas,* Cantor. 



Hamadryas ophiophagus. Ham. superne oUvaceo-viridis, striis 

 sagittalibus nigris cinctus, abdomine glauco nigro marmorato. 

 Scuta abdominalia a 215 ad 245. 

 Scuta subcaudalia a 13 ad 32. 

 Scutella subcaudalia a 63 ad 71. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Hindustanee name : Sunkr-Choar. 



Olive-green above, with arrow-shaped black stripes ; beneath, 

 glaucous marbled with black. 



Genus Naja, Laurenti. 



Naja liARVATA. Na. supra brunnea, striis subflavis transversali- 

 bus variegata ; disco annulo albo, larvae haud impari, ornato, 

 pone quern (a tribus ad quinque) annuli albi ; — inferioris super- 

 Jiciei pars anterior annulis albis, nigro-ccerulescentibus alternis 

 ctrcumdata, pars posterior glauco iridescens. 



Habitat. Bombay, Calcutta, Asam. 



Bengalee name : Doollah-Kewtiah Nag. 



* Vide Proceedings of the Zoological Society, No. Ixvi. p. 73. 



