8 COLUBEID^. 



*. Hgr. ? (V. 156; 0. Hong Kong. J. 0. Bowring, Esq. 



47). [P.]. 



<^d. Yg. (V. 155, 153; India. (Types of ir.>rmfo.) 



C. 48, 47). 



«. $ (V. 151 ; 0. P). ? Zoological Society. 



6. Hypsirhina benmetti. 



HypsirWna bennettii, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 67 (1842), and Cat. p. 74 



(1849) ; Gunth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 283 (1864). 



maculata, Bum. Sr Bibr. vii. p. 950 (1854). 



enhydris, var. maculata, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, 



p. 261, and Icon. Gin. 30, pi. iv. fig. 1 (1868). 



Rostral broader than deep ; internasal single, small, not or but 

 little broader than long ; frontal broader than the supraocular, once 

 and a half to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as or a 

 little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as 

 or a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one 

 prsB- and \mo postoculars ; temporals 1+2; eight upper labials, 

 fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the 

 interior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields smaller and separated 

 by scales*. Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals 158-163 ; anal divided ; 

 subeaudals 47-53. Greyish olive above, with large blackish spots, 

 which may form an interrupted zigzag band along the back ; upper 

 lip, sides (three or four rows of scales), and lower parts yellowish 

 white ; outer row of scales, ventrals, and subeaudals black-edged ; 

 a median row of small black spots on the belly. 



Total length 530 millim. ; tail 95. 



China. 



«. <? (V. 163 ; C. ?). China. G. Bennett, Esq. [p.]. (Type.) 



6. (J (V. 161; 0.53). China. J. S. Bowerbank, Esq. [PT]. 



7. Hypsirhina chinensis. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



Hypsirhina chinensia, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 73 (1842), and Cat. p. 73 

 (1849); Giinih. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 283 (1864); Boettg. Ber. 

 Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1885, p. 123. 



Rostral broader than deep ; internasal single, small, broader than 

 long ; frontal broader than the supraocular, once and two thirds to 

 twice as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral 

 or the end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal 

 as long as deep; one prse- and two postoculars; temporals l-f-2; 

 eight upper labials, fourth entering the eye; four (rarely five) 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior 

 chin-shields smaller and separated by scales. Scales in 23 rows. 

 Ventrals 143-151 ; anal divided ; subeaudals 40-49. Dark grey 

 or olive above, with small darker spots which may be confluent into 



* Jan represents them as in contact. 



