bb COLTTBEID^. 



a, b. $ (Sc. 21 : V. 238, Darjeeling. T. 0. Jerdon, Es^, 



241 ; 0. 107, 109). [P.]. „ , ^ 



«. d (Sc. 21 ; V. 233 : 0. Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



109). [P.]- 



4-f. (J (Sc. 19 ; V. 227, Bhamo, Upper Burma. M. L. Fea [0.]. 



228; C. 94, 104) &yg. 



(Sc. 19 ; V. 228 ; 0. 



102). 



^-h. cJ (Sc. 19 ; V. 242 ; Pegu. W. Theotald, Esq. 



0. 101) & $ (Sc. 19; [C.]. 



V. 238 ; 0. 96). (Types of D. ochracea.) 



i-h. Yg. (Sc. 21 i V. 232, Burma. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



218 ; 0. 109, 113). 



5. Dipsadomorphus ceylonensis. 



Dipsadomorphxis ceylonensis, Gunth. Cat. p. 176 (1858). 



Dipsaa ceylonensis, Qiinth. Itept. Brit. hid. p. 314, pi. xxiii. fig. B 



(1864) ; F. Mull. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, viii. 1887, p. 275 ; Bouleng. 



Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 359 (1890) ; W. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



Ix. 1891, p. 243. 



hexagonata, part., Anders. Proc. Zool. 8oe. 1871, p. 185. 



nuchalis, Gilnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 233. 



Anterior palatine teeth scarcely longer than the posterior ; 

 anterior mandibular teeth moderately enlarged. Rostral a little 

 broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals broader 

 than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal as long as broad or 

 a little longer than broad, as long as or longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; loreal as 

 long as deep or deeper than long ; one or two praeoculars, reaching 

 the Tipper surface of the head, often in contact with or narrowly 

 separated from the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals small, 2 or 

 3+3 or 4; eight (rarely nine) upper labials, third, fourth, and 

 fifth (or fourth, fifth, and sixth) entering the eye ; four or five 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales in 19 or 21 rows, vertebral row 

 much enlarged. Ventrals 214-268 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 90- 

 125. Pale brown or greyish above, with a series of dark brown or 

 blackish transverse spots or bands ; nape with a dark blotch or 

 three dark longitudinal streaks, or a transverse bar ; a more or less 

 distinct dark streak from the eye to the angle of the mouth ; lower 

 parts yellowish, dotted with brown, usually with a lateral series of 

 brown spots. 



Total length 1320 millim. ; tail 250. 



Ceylon ; hiUs of the West Coast of India. 



a,b-d. ,S (Sc. 19; y. '2-65 ; Ceylon. ") 



0. 107), hgr. (Sc. 19; 



V. 229,231; C. HOP), 



& yg. (Sc. 19; V. 232; 



0. 104). V(Types.) 



e. 2 (Sc. 19; V. 219; Ceylon. A.Paul, Esq. '^ 



C. 101). [P.]. 



Z-^-. Hgr. tJ (Sc. 19 ; V. 257, Ceylon. E. Templeton, 



222; 0.126,99). Esq. [P.]. 



