372 COLTTBKID^. 



'brown spots separated by narrower interspaces ; these brown 

 spots much shorter, roundish, on the hinder part of the body ; head 

 dark brown above, separated from the first dorsal spot by a narrow 

 white collar ; upper lip and lower parts uniform white. 



Total length 530 millim. ; tail 100. 



Southern India and Ceylon. 



a. (5' (V. 234 ; 0. 83). Anamallay Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



(Type.) 



b. Hgr. (V. 234; C. 86). Cuddapa Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



4. Dryocalamus davisonii. 



Ulupe davisonii, Blanf, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlvii. 1878, p. 128, 

 and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 221; Boettff. Ber. Ofenb. Ver. 

 Naturk. 1888, p. 55. 



Hydrophobus davisonii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Bept. p. 299 (1890). 



Eostral not twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; nasal un- 

 divided ; suture between the internasals as long as that between 

 the praefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of 

 the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep, 

 entering the eye ; no prseocular ; one or two posloculars ; temporals 

 1 + 2 (or 2 + 2) ; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 

 235-265 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 91-1 08. Above with dark 

 brown or black elongate spots separated by white or pale brown 

 narrower interspaces ; on the hinder half of the body the brown 

 spots become smaller or may be broken up ; snout brown, connected 

 with the first dorsal brown spot by a longitudinal brown band, the 

 rest of the head being whitish ; lower parts whitish, tail mottled 

 with brown. 



Total length 670 millim. ; tail 150. 



Tenasserim, Siam, Gochinchina. 



a-b. S (V. 236; C. 91) & Cochinchina. E. C. Cux-Smith, Esq. [P.]. 



$ ("V. 2.35; C. 96). 

 G-. S (.V- 254 ; C. 99). Anaam. Citv Hall Mus., Hongkong 



[E.]. 



5. Dryocalamus tristrigatus. (Plate XXV. fig. 3.) 

 Dryocalamus tristrigatus, Gilnth. Cat, p. 121 (1858). 



Eostral a little broader than deep, the portion visible from above 

 half as long as its distance from the frontal ; nasal undivided ; 

 suture between the internasals shorter than that between the prae- 

 frontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal nearly twice as long as deep, entering the eye ; no prseocular ; 

 two postoculars; temporals 2 + 2 or 2+3; seven upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields very short. 



