376 COLUBEID^. 



«. d (V. ]ei: C. ?). Chiisan. Dr. Cantor. (Type.) 



h. S (V. 189; C. ?). Chiisan. 



c-e. c? (V. 194, 189,194; Mountains north A. E. Pratt, Esq. [C.]. 



C. 115, 116, 116). of Kiukiang. 



f. 6 (V. 187; C. 112). [Deccan.] Col. Sylies [P.]. 



2. Zaocys nigromarginatus. 



Coluber nigromarginatus, Blyth, Jovrn. As. Soo. Beng. xxiii. 1854, 



p. 290. 

 Coryphodon carinatus, part., Gilnih. Cat. p. 112 (1858), andProc. Zool. 



Soc. 1860, p. 163. 

 Zaocys nigTomarginatua, Gilnth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p, 257, pi. xxii. fis- B 



(1864); Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 172 (1876); Bonleng. 



Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 329 (1890). 

 Corvphodon dhumnades (non Cant.), Jan, Icon. Gin. 24, pi. iv. fig. 1 



(1867). 



Kostral broader than deep, visible from above ; inteinasala shorter 

 than the praefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth to once and a 

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

 from the end of the snout or than the parietals ; loreal longer than 

 deep ; one praeooular, with a subocular below it ; two postooiilars ; 

 temporals 2+2 (rarely 1 + 2) ; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. Scales in 16 

 rows, the four or six median keeled. Ventrals 190-205 ; anal 

 divided; suboaudals 123-137. Green above, scales black-edged, 

 yellowish green below ; two broad deep black bands along each side 

 of the tail, advancing forwards on the trunk to its middle third in 

 adult specimens, and nearly to the head in young ones ; the two 

 upper bands separated from each other by the joining halves of the 

 two vertebral series of scales. 



Total length 2100 millim. ; tail 600. 



Himalayas (to 71 00 feet), Khasi Bills, and Kakhyen Hills, Upper 

 Eurma. 



a, b. cS (V. 198; C. 130) & Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



vg. (V. 194 ; C. 130). [P.]. 



c. '3 (V. 194; C. 130). Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlagin- 



tweit [C.l. 



d-e. <S (V. 190; C. 132) & Sikkim. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



2 (V. 197; C. P). 



/. $ (V. 194; C. 124). Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



g-h. 2 fV. 205 ; C. 131) & Khasi Hills. Sir J. Hooker [P.J. 



hgr. (V. 195; C. 130). 

 i, k-m, n. S (V. 205, 193 ; ? Ea.?t India Museum. 



C. 131, 130), 2 (V. 196, 



197; 0.126,123), & yg. 



(V. 193 ; C. 137). 

 0. 2 (V. 201; C. 134). ? [Afghanistan.] 



