,1891.] W. L. Sclater — Notes on tJie SnaJces in the Indian Museum. 237 



Oligodon dorsalis, (Gray), Boulenger, p. 318. 



The range of this species may be extended from the Khasia hills 

 south to the Naga and Chittagong hills whence the Indian Museum 

 possesses examples procured by Capt. J. Butler and Mr. Bruce respec- 

 tively, 



' Oligodon sublineatus, Dum. & Bibr., Boulenger, p. 320, 



Two examples of this species indistinguishable from the typical 

 Ceylon specimens were got by Mr. de RoepstorfE in the Nicobars and are 

 now in the Museum, 



Oligodon subgriseds, Dum. & Bibr., Boulenger, p. 321. 



This typically Indian species has spread over the natural boundaries 

 of India as far as Killa Abdulla near the Khojak Pass in British Balu- 

 chistan whence the Museum possesses a specimen presented by Mr. J. 

 A, Murray. 



Oligodon melanocephalus, (Gunth.), Boulenger, p. 317, 



Gunther (P. Z. S. 1864, p. 491) and Jan. (Icon. Ophid. livr. 



xiii, pi. iii, fig. 4, Oct. 1865), seem to have described and figured the 



same snake independently under the same specific name, the former 



making a new genus for its reception, the latter including it in the genus 



SomolosoTtia. 



The examination of a specimen brought by Dr. Anderson from 



Sebastiyeh (Samaria) in Palestine confirms Boulenger in placing the 



species in the genus Oligodon. * 



Rhagerrhis producta, (Gerv.), Peters Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1862, p. 275; 

 Murray, Ann. Mag. J^. H. (5) xiv, p. 104. 



This rather curious snake was described by Peters (I. c.) from Se- 

 naar in N". E. Africa, and has since been recorded by Murray from Tan- 

 jistan and Bushire in Persia; one of the Tanjistan specimens is now in 

 the Indian Museum and agrees with Peters' description in every respect. 



Zamenis korros, (Schleg.), Boulenger, p. 324. 



There is an undoubted example of this species in the Indian Museum 

 said to have been procured by Dr. E. F. Keleart in Ceylon; Anderson 

 quoting from Ferguson's "Reptile Fauna of Ceylon " states that this 

 species is not found in Ceylon ; it is possible therefore that the specimen 

 in question may be wrongly labelled though there does not seem to be 

 any particular reason for this being the case. 



