148. DIPSADOMOEPHFS. 63 



ColulDer sagittatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 526 (1802). 



eatenularis, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 253, pi. Ixxv. flg. 2 (1803). 



Dipsas trigonata, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 659 ; Sohleg. Phys. Serp. ii. 

 p. 267, pi. xi. figs. 6 & 7 (1837) ; Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 1136 

 (1854); Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxiii. 1855, p. 294; Ounth. 

 Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 312 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Qin. 38, pi. iii. fig. 2 

 (1871) ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 196 (1876) ; Blanf. Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. xlviii. 1879, p. 131 ; Murray, Zool. Sind, p. 383 

 (1884) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 358 (1890), and Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. 1891, p. 633. 



Dipsadomorphus trigonatua, Ounth. Cat. p. 176 (1858). 



Anterior palatine teeth scarcely larger than the posterior; 

 anterior mandibular teeth feebly enlarged. Eostral broader than 

 •deep, just visible from above; internasals broader than long, 

 ■shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once and one fourth to once 

 and one third as long as broad, longer than its distance from the end 

 ■of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or 

 longer than deep ; one prseoeular, not extending to the upper 

 surface of the head; two postoculars ; temporals 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 as long as or a little longer than the posterior. Scales in 21 

 rows, vertebral row feebly enlarged. Ventrals 209-238 ; anal 

 entire ; subeaudals 76-92. Yellowish olive or pale grey above, 

 with a white black-edged zigzag band along the back, or with a 

 dorsal series of white, black-edged spots ; head with two brown 

 bands edged with black, diverging posteriorly ; belly white, with or 

 without a series of small brown spots along each side. 



Total length 970 millim. ; tail 175. 



Transcaspia, Baluchistan, India. 



a. cJ (V. 225; C. 84). Puli Hatun, Trans- M. C. Eylandt [0.]. 



caspia. 



b. Hgr. (V. 230; 0, 92). Gwadar, Baluchistan. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 



c. 2 (V. 229; 0.84). Kun-achee. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



d. 5 (V. 223 ; C. 83). Kamaon, Himalayas. Messrs. v. Schlagint- 



weit [C.]. 



e. 2- (V. 235; 0.82). Bengal Gen. Hardwicke [P.], 

 /. $ (V. 226 ; 0. 80). Vizagapatam. Dr. P. RusaeU, 



g. $ (V. 231 ; 0. 83). Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



h, i, h. 2 (V. 230 ; 0. 79), Madras. J. Boileau, Esq. fP. i. 



hgr. (V. 209 ; 0. 86), & 



yg.(V. 224; 0.79). 

 /, m. S (V. 236 ; 0. 90) Anamallays. Col. Beddome [0.1. 



& 2 (V. 233 ; 0. 76). 

 n. Skeleton. India. 



o. Skull. Pondichery. 



2. DipsadomorpliTis mnltimacnlatus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. ii. pi. xxiii. (1801). 



Dipsas multimaculata, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 549; ScMeg. Phys. Serp. 

 , 11. p. 265, pl..xi. figs. 4 & 5 (1837), and Abbild. pi. xlv. figs. 13-15 



