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which is not much larger than the loreal. Loreal oblong rather 

 larger than the single prseocular. Two subequal postoculars. 

 6 upper labials, the third and fourth entering the orbit, the last 

 as large as the fourth and fifth. Anal bifid. Colour olive brown 

 with a bright yellow collar, and a whitish vertebral line. Below 

 citrine yellow. 



Inhabits the Naga hills. 



C. catenatus, Theob. J. A. S., B., 1868. Extra No. p. 49. 



Prseocular one. Postoculars two, the lowest very minute. 

 Loreal small. 6 upper labials, the third and fourth entering the 

 orbit. Anal entire. Colour yellowish brown, many scales black 

 spotted, forming obscure lines down the body. Belly yellowish 

 white, each ventral with a terminal black dot, forming a conspi- 

 cuous chain down each side of belly. 



Inhabits the Western Himalayas near Simla. 



C. rubriventer, Jerdon. P. A. S., B., March 1870, p. 80. 



The nasal large, posteriorly obliquely slit to its edge. One 

 prseocular. Two postoculars. 6 upper labials, the three last sub- 

 equal. Colour brown with a pale lateral band from -the eye to 

 the tip of the tail and below it a mottled brown and yellow band. 

 Chin, throat, and neck yeUow, the rest of the lower parts red. 



Inhabits the Khasi hills. 



C. Oldhami, Theob. 



Chlorophis Oldhami, Theob. J. A. S., B., 1868. Extra 



No. p. 50. 

 Nasals two. Prseocular one. Postoculars two. Loreal elon- 

 gate. 8 upper labials, regularly increasing in size, the fourth and 

 fifth enter the orbit. Chin shields two pairs, in contact with six 

 labials. Second lower labial very small. Colour above uniform 

 bronze brown (in spirit). 



Inhabits the Western Himalayas near Simla. • 

 On account of its divided nasals, I had originally ranged 

 this snake under a separate genus, but as Jerdon has since 

 described a species with a partly divided nasal, I think it better 

 to retain it as an aberrant form of Cyclophis. 



