404 coLtraRiD^. 



s. 2 (V. 211 ; C. 87). Assouan. Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



i. Yff. (V. 215; 0.95). Assouan. 0. Charlton, Esq. 



^ [P.]. 



21. Zamenis gracilis. 



Zamenis ventrimaculatus, var. B, Giinth. Cat. p. 106 (1858). 



gracilis, Giinth. Ann. <5- Mag. N. -H. (3) ix. 1862, p. 125, and 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 254, pi. xxi. fig. H (1864) ; Theob. Cat. Rept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 170 (1876) ; Murray, Zool Sind, p. 378 (1884) ; 



Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 327 (1890). 

 Tyria gracilis, Cope, Proe. Ac. Philad. 1863, p. 338. 



Snout obtuse. Eostral nearly as deep as broad, just visible from 

 above ; suture between the internasals a little shorter than that 

 between the praefrontals ; frontal about once and a half as long as 

 broad, slightly longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 nearly as long as the parietals ; loreal nearly as deep as long ; one 

 praeocular, with a small subooular below it ; two postocnlars ; tem- 

 porals 2 + 2 ; nine upper labials, fifth and sixth entering the eye ; 

 four or five lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 posterior chin-shields as long as or longer than the anterior, 

 separated anteriorly by two scales. Scales smooth, in 21 rows. 

 Ventrals angulate laterally, 206-228 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 118-127. Yellowish above, with a series of large round brown 

 spots edged with black, separated by narrow interspaces ; these 

 spots become more indistinct on the posterior part of the body ; a 

 black cross band on the snout and three angular dark brown black- 

 edged bands on the head, the anterior between the eyes, the posterior 

 extending on the nape ; lower parts yellowish, with an irregular 

 series of black spots on each side. 



Total length 910 millim. ; tail 260. 



Deccan and Sind. 



a. ? (V. 213 ; 0. 121). Deccan, Col. Svkes [P.]. ^ 



b-e. 5 (V. 222, 216 : C. India. W. Masters, Esq. 



?, 120) & yg. (V. 206, [P.]. HTypes). 



208 ; C. 127, 118). | 



/. $ (V. 228; C. 118). ? Chatham Mus. J 



22. Zamenis fasciolatus. 



Ru-isell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. xxi. (1796). 



Coluber fasciolatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 628 (1802) ; Cantor, Cat. Mai. 



Rept. p. 72 (1847). 



hebe, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 385 (1803). 



curvirostris. Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 51. 



Coryphodon fasciolatus, Giinth. Cat. p. 109 (1868). 



Tyria fasciolata, Cope, Proc. Ac, Philad. 1862, p. 338. 



Zamenis fasciolatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 254, pi. xxi. fig. F 



(1864) ; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 431 ; Theob. 



Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 176 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept, 



p. 327 (1890). 



