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Scuta ahdominalia 143. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 59. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Ash-coloured above, with black transverse bands ; beneath whitish, 

 with a black undulated band. 

 Vernacular name, Jal Ginth^a. 



Genus Homalopsis, Kuhl. 



HoMALOPSis OLiVACEUs. HoTH. supemc olivaceus lineis nigris 

 inter squamas variegatus, abdomine albicante, lined medid nigrd 

 diviso, vittd albo-virescenti vtrinque incluso. 

 Scuta abdominalia 167. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 71. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Olive-coloured above, variegated with black lines between the 

 scales ; the abdominal surface whitish, divided in the middle by a 

 black line, and with a greenish- white band on either side. 

 Vernacular name, Metillee. 



" Tlie descriptions and 6gures of these serpents were made in India 

 in 1835, 1836, and 1837. For the specimens from As^im I am in- 

 debted to the kindness of the eminent botanist Mr. William Griffith ; 

 for those from Chirra Punji, to the friendship of Mr. J. W. Grant, of 

 Calcutta. I have also to acknowledge the liberality of Mr. Hodg- 

 son, the Hon. Company's Resident at the court of Nepal, who 

 allowed me to publish the undescribed specimens in his collection of 

 Nep&lese serpents." 



