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Habitat. Carnatic, Orissa, Bengal, Nepal, Assam, Arracan, Tenasserim. 

 Olive-green ; the scales edged with black ; the stomach pearl-coloured, 

 edged with black. 



Vernacular name, Dhumna or Dhameen. 



Coluber porphyraceus. Col. late porphyraceus, lineis nigris transversalibus 

 albo-marginatis, pone quas linece dua nigra dorsales, aquidistantes ; 

 subtus teste flavus. 



Scuta abdominalia 213. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 64. 

 Habitat. Mishmee Hills, Assam. 



Bright porphyry-red, with black transverse lines edged with white, 

 the posterior portion of the body with two black parallel dorsal lines ; 

 beneath bight yellow. 



Coluber quadrifasciatus. Col. superne late brunneo-viridescens fasciis 

 dorsalibus iv. nigris, albo interruptis ; infra flavus. 

 Scuta abdominalia 248. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 82. 

 Habitat. Assam. 



Above hght greenish-brown, with 4 black dorsal bands interrupted 

 with white ; beneath yellow. 



Coluber curvirostris. Col. supra partim late olivaceo-viridis, punctis 

 et lineis obliquis albis nigrisque, partim aneus ; abdomine subfusco. 

 Scuta abdominalia 220. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 85. 

 Habitat. Bengal. 



Above bright olive-green, with white and black dots, and oblique 

 bronze-coloured lines ; beneath light yellow. 

 Vernacular name, Tukkr-Bora. 



Coluber reticularis. Col. superne brunneo-nigrescens, annidis albidis 

 reticulatis, contiguis et lineis ejusdem coloris transversalibus ornatus, cauda 

 brunnea nigrescenti, alterne griseo-flavescenti ; infra griseo-flavescens nigro- 

 maculatus. 



Scuta abdominalia 229. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 75. 

 Habitat. Chirra Punji. 



Blackish-brown, with whitish confluent netted rings and transverse 

 lines of the same colour ; the tail alternately blackish-brown and 

 yellowish-grey ; beneath yellowish-grey spotted with black. 



