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Scuta ahdominalia 223. 

 Scutella subcaudalla 75. 

 Habitat. Chirra Piinji. 



BIackish-bro\\Ti, with whitish confluent netted rings and trans- 

 verse lines of the same colour ; the tail alternateljf blackish-brown 

 and yellomsh-grey ; beneath yellowish-grey spotted with black. 



Coluber bipunctatus. Col. supra triste vinoso-purpureus squa- 

 viis albo bipunctatis, subtus albo-coerulescens. 

 Scuta abdominalia 181. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 52. 

 Habitat. Bengal, Asam. 



Deep claret-purple *bove ; each scale with two white dots ; be- 

 neath bluish- white. 



CoLrBER MONTicoLus. Hodgson. Col. saperne Inteo-rubescens 

 fasciis transversalibus nigris, scutis abdominalibus albo-Jlave- 

 scentilms nigra marginatis. 

 Habitat. Nepal. 



Reddish dun-coloured above, with black transverse bands ; the 

 abdominal scuta yellowish-white, with black margins. 



Subgen. Hurriah, Daudin. 



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Hurriah sanguiventer, (Coluber sansuiventer, Hodgson.) 

 Hur. superne vinoso-purpureus ceneo nite7is, abdomine sangui- 

 neo. 



Scuta abdominalia 207. 

 Scuta subcaudalia 14. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 85. 

 Habitat. Nepal. 

 Above claret-purple, with metallic lustre ; beneath blood-coIoured. 



Genus HERPExonRYAs, Boie. 



Herpetohryas prionotus. Her. supra fusco Jlavescens, nigro- 

 punctatuSffascidque dorsali serratd nigricante ; abdomine Jlavo, 

 fascia serratd nigricante utrinque inclusoy^ 

 Scuta abdominalia 153. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 65. 

 Habitat. Malacca. 



Above yellowish-brown, dotted with black, and with a serrated 

 blackish dorsal band ; the abdominal surface yellow, with a blackish 

 serrated band on either side. 



Genus Psammophis, Boie. 



Psammophis cerasogaster. Psam. fulvus aureo pallide nitens, 

 squamis hcxagonis rhomboidalibus summis carinatis, cceteris 



