42 Un, W. THEOBALD, JVN., ON THE 



It is a commou species in lower Pegu, and numerous about 

 Rangoon. 



It is very closely allied to ^S*. tceniatus, but differs in its single 

 anteocular, bifid anal, and colouring. 



S. TiiEOBALDi, Giintlier*. 



The type was talcen at llangoon. 



Family COEONELLIDiC. 

 Ablabes, I>U7neril Sf Sihron. 

 A. BISTBIGATUS, Giiutherf. 



a. Toung specimen. Body . . . 7"80 



Tail . . . 300 = 10-80. 

 Head black, emitting on either side a distinct black band con- 

 tinued to the tip of the tail. Two yellow spots on the nape. A 

 yellow dot on each occipital and some yellow marks about the 

 head. A chain of black spots on the neck, continued, as dots, to 

 the tip of the tail. Back ruddy brown, the red tint fading towards 

 the tail ; sides greyish. Belly yellow. Anal divided. My speci- 

 men was taken alive near Prome, and is the only one I have ever 

 seen. 



A. SCRIPTUS, Blyth. 



Coronella scripta, Blyth. 



Scales in thirteen rows. Loreal one, much smaller than a 

 postocular. Posterior frontals broader than long. Upper labials 

 eight, the third, fourth, and fifth entering the orbit. A long 

 narrow temporal forms a suture with both postoculars, and with 

 tbe sixth and seventh labials. Seventh labial largest, more than 

 twice as broad as the temporal. 



Colour above brown, a few black dots on each side of the spine, 

 on the anterior portion of body. A black mark under the eye, 

 followed by a white upright border involving the postoculars. 

 A black-bordered white patch on the last upper labial, and a white 

 collar on the nape. Beneath white. 



This species is nearly allied to A. haliodirus, Boio. The typo 

 specimen, in the museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, was for- 

 warded by Major Berdmore from Martaban. 



* Vide Annals and Magazine of Natural History for June 1868. f •^'^- 



