350 



C0IIIBEIDJ3. 



Rostral mucli broader than deep, just visible from above; inter- 

 nasals much shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal once and one 

 third to once and a half as long as brond, as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as ]oug as the parietals or a little shorter ; 

 loreal elongate, not entering the eye, forming a suture -with the 

 internasal; two postoculars ; temporals small, 1+2, 2 + 2, or 2 + 3 ; 

 eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; four 

 or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which 

 are usually longer than the posterior. Scales smootli, in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 153-178, not angulate ; anal divided ; subcaudals 42-66 

 pairs. Dark brown or black above, with white transverse spots or 

 cross bands, which are widely separated anteriorly ; sides lineolated 

 with white, with a black spot corresponding to each white cross 

 band ; upper lip and lower parts uniform white. 



Total length 430 millim. ; tail 75. 



India ; Transcaspia. 



«. c? (V. 177 ; 0. 66). 



b. 2 (V. 178 ; 0. 44). 



c-e. S fV. 162, 172; C. 

 4.%47)& $ (V. 166; 

 0. 47). 

 /. $ (V.175;C.51). 



Puli Hatun, Trans- M. 0. Eylandt [C.]. 



caspia. 

 Kurrachee. 



Russelconda. 



Madras. 

 Wynad. 



g. d (V 155 ; 0. 48). 



h-i, k-l, m, n. c? (V. 167, Anamallaya. 



160; 0. 51, 43), ? (V. 



164;C.45),hgr.(V.177; 



0. 44), & vg. (V. 168, 



160 ; 0. 50,"45). 

 o-q. d (V. 164 ;, 0. 50), S. India. 



hgr. (V. 173 ; 0. 42), & 



yg. (V. 160 ; C. 44). 

 r-s. (S (V. 168, 153 ; C. 62, India. 



54). 



Kurrachee Museum 



[E.]. 

 Col. Beddome [C.]. 



J. E. Boileau, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Col. Beddome [0.]. 

 Col. Beddome [C.J. 



Col. Beddome [C.]. 



2. Lycodon jara. 



Mussell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. xiv. (1796). 



Coluber jara, Shaw, Zovl. iii. p. 525 (1802). 



bipunctatus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52. 



Lycodon jara, Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 110 (1837) ; Peters, Mon. 

 Perl. Ac. 1867, p. 236 ; Stoliczka, Journ. Ak. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, 

 p. 442 ; Boukng. P\mn. Ind., Rept. p. 292 (1890). 



Leptorhytaon jara, Gi'mth. Cat. p. 205 (1858), ancZ iJepi. Brit Ind. 

 p. 321 (1864). 



Lycophidion bipunctatum, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 403. 



Snout much depressed ; eye rather small. Eostral much broader 

 than deep, just visible from above ; internasals much shorter than 

 the prsefrontals ; frontal once and one third to once and a half as 

 long as broad, as long as or a little shorter than its distance from 



