Vol. I, No. 8.] Oriental Snakes in the Indian Museum, 211 
N. 8. 
or blotched with pale yellow ; ventral surface paler brown; a broad 
yellow collar; nape, labials, chin and throat, yellow. 
Dimensions— 
Total Length wis .. 125mm, 
Length of Tail ... PRE gare 
A single specimen from Gilgit, collected and presented by 
Capt. McMahon. : 
is species may be distinguished from any other Indian 
Ablabes by its extremely short tail. It has much the facies of a 
Calamaria. 
HELICOPs INDICUS,* sp. nov. 
Head flat, rather viperine; snout obtuse ; canthus rostralis well 
marked. Eye not more than half the length of the frontal ; pupil 
very small, Rostral much broader than deep, well visible from 
gt ae 
Preocular, two postoculars ; temporals 142; 7 upper labials, the 
fourt entering eye ; three lower labials in contact with the anter- 
lor chin shield, which is shorter than the posterior. Scales 
Smooth, in 21 rows; ventrals 161; anal entire; sub-caudals 72. 
I more or less distinctly with dark brown ; a dark spot in the 
centre of each ventral shield. Labials dull yellow marbled with 
dark brown. 
Dimensions— 
Total Length me veg 200 mm, 
Length of Tail ove wee 40 a 
