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tound pupil. Two nasals usually. One loreal. Scales smootB 

 in 13, 15 or 17 rows, Anal bifid. Sub-caudals divided. Teeth 

 small, numerous, equal. 



A. tenuiceps, Blyth. 



Scales in 13 rows, keeled in males, in the ischiatic region. 

 Loreal much longer than broad. One prseocular. Two post- 

 oculars, the upper largest. 6 upper labials, the third and fourth 

 entering the orbit, the sixth largest. Colour above uniform 

 blackish ash. Below vfhitish. 



Grows to 14 inches. (Tail £•). 



Inhabits Nipal and Sikkim and North-Western Bengal. 



This species presents the keeled ischiatic scales in the male 

 also seen in Trachischium fuscwm a calamarid, whilst this species 

 having normal head shields ranges under Ahlabes. Both species 

 ■were at one time united under Trachischium by Giinther and 

 seem, to represent forms uniting the two families Calapiaridae 

 and Colubridse. 



A. scrij)tus, Blyth. 



Coronella scripta, Blyth. 



Scales in 13 rows. Loreal one, much smaller than a postocu- 

 lar. Prseocular one. Postoculars two, small. 8 upper labials, the 

 third, fourth and fifth entering the orbit. Colour above brown. 

 A few black dots on either side of the spine, anteriorly. A 

 black mark under the eye, followed by a white upright border, 

 involving the postoculars. A black bordered white patch on the 

 last upper labial and a white collar on the nape. Beneath white. 



Inhabits Martaban. 



A. Rappii, Giinther. 



A. Owenii, Ounther. 

 Scales in 15 r»ws. Loreal square. One pri ilar just reach- 

 ing the top of the head, two postoculars. The occipital does not 

 extend down to the lower postocular. 6 upper labials, the third 

 and fourth -entering the orbit. Colour uniform dark bronze 

 brown, or blackish above, whitish below. In young specimens 



