1891.] W. L. Sclater — Notes on the Snakes in the Indian Museum. 233 



Calamaria catenata, Blyth, Boulenger, p. 282. 



The type of this species is no longer in the Museum, it had ap- 

 parently disappeared before the collections of the Asiatic Society were 

 transferred to the Indian Museum, as is mentioned by Theobald in his 

 Catalogue of Reptiles in the Asiatic Society's Museum so that unless the 

 species is rediscovered in Assam, nothing further can be known about 

 it beyond what is contained in Blyth's rather meagre description. 



Calamaria sumateana, Edeling, Natuur. Tijdsch. Ned. Indie xxxi, p. 379, 



(1870). 



A specimen of this apparently rather rare snake from Singapore 

 presented to the Museum by Mr. Davison, was kindly identified for me 

 by Mr, Boulenger ; it has hitherto been known fi"om Sumatra only, 



Trachischium gubntheri, Boulenger, p. 285. 



There are three snakes in the Indian Museum which seem referable 

 to this species, one from Katmandu in Nepal and two labeled " Allaha- 

 bad J, Cockburn," the latter probably came from Naini Tal as there 

 are other Himalayan snakes in the collection presented by Mr. Cockburn 

 labelled Allahabad ; it is probable therefore that this is the more western 

 representive of TracMschium fuscum from which it differs merely in 

 colouration and the number of ventral shields. 



Trachischium rubriventer, (Jerdon), Boulenger, p. 286. 



The type of this species does not seem to be in the British Museum 

 as the species is " unknown to Mr. Boulenger," neither have I been able 

 to find it among the specimens in the Indian Museum, unless there- 

 fore the species is rediscovered, nothing further can be known about it. 



Ltcodon striatus, (Shaw), Boulenger, p, 292. 

 Lycodon travancoricus, (Bedd.), Boulenger, p. 293. 



There are no specimens of L. striatus in the Museum from Southern 

 India, the localities from which there are specimens are the hills below 

 Simla, Jemper in Sind, Lahore, Agra, Ajmere, Rajputana, and the Ganjam 

 district ; the species is recorded from the Anamalai hills by Giinther, 

 but this was before Lycodon travancoricus which resembles Lycodon stria- 

 tus very strongly had been discriminated ; of this species {8. travancoricus), 

 the Museum possesses examples from the Nilgiri hills, the South 

 Arcot district and Tinnevelly hills, it therefore appears probable that 

 it entirely replaces S. striatus in the southern part of the Indian 

 Peninsula, 



