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Coluber bipunctatus. Col. supra triste vinoso-purpureus squamis albo 

 bypunctatis, subtus albo-ccerulescens. 

 Scuta abdominalia 181. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 52. 

 Habitat. Bengal, Assam. 



Deep claret-purple above ; each scale with two white dots ; beneath 

 bluish- white. 



Coluber monticolus. Hodgson. Col. superne luteo-rubescens faseus- 

 transversalibus nigris, scutis abdominalibus albo-flavescentibus nigro mar- 

 ginatis. 



Habitat. Nepal. 



Reddish dun-coloured above, with black transverse bands ; the abdo- 

 minal scuta yellowish-white, with black margins. 



Subgen. Hurriah, Daudin. 



HURRIAH SANGUIVENTER, (COLUBER SANGUIVENTER, HodgSOn.) HuT. 



superne vinoso-purpureus ceneo nitens, abdomine sanguineo. 



Scuta abdominalia 207. 



Scuta subcaudalia 14. 



Scutella subcaudalia 85. 

 Habitat. Nepal. 

 Above claret-purple, with metallic lustre ; beneath blood-coloured. 



Genus Hurpetodryas, Boie. 



Herpetodryas prionotus. Her. supra fusco fiavescens, nigro-punctatus, 

 fasciaque dorsali serratd nigricante ; abdomine fiavo, fascia serratd nigri- 

 cante utrinque incluso. 



Scuta abdominalia 153. 

 Scutella subcaudalia 65. 

 Habitat. Malacca. 



Above yellowish-brown, dotted with black, and with a serrated black- 

 ish dorsal band ; the abdominal surface yellow, with a blackish serrated 

 band on either side. 



Genus Psammophis, Boie. 



Psammophis cerasogaster. Psam. fulvus aureo pallide nitens, squamis 

 hexagonis rhomboidalibus summis carinatis, cceteris Icevibus tectus ; ab- 

 domine ceriseo, linea late flava utrinque incluso. 



