456 



SNAKES OF CEYLON. 



the temporal. Sublinguals : The posterior subequal to the 

 anterior ; touching the 4th infralabial. Infralabials : Four ; 

 the 4th broader than the posterior sublinguals, and about as 

 long as those shields ; touching two scales behind. (Fig. 85.) 



Fig. 85. — Bungarus ceylonicus. 

 (X 3.) 



Costals : Vertebrals broader than long, broader than the last 

 row. Ultimate row. Scales as broad as long. In 15 rows in 

 the whole body length. Ventrals : 219 to 236 (<J 219 to 229, 

 $ 230 to 236). Anal: Entire. Subcaudals : 32 to 40 (<? 35 to 

 40, $ 34 to 37). 



