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8. Dipsadomorphus multifasciatus. 



Dipsadomorphus trigonatus, var. B, GUnth. Cat. p. 175 (1858). 

 Dipsas multifasciata, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxix. 1861, p. 114 ; 



Gilnth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 813 (1864) ; Stoliozka, Journ. As. Soc. 



Beng. xxix. 1870, p. 199, pi. xi. fig. 6, and xl. 1871, p. 440 ; W. 



Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ix. 1891, p. 243. 

 ceylonensis {non Gunth.), Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 196 



(1876). 



A^nterior palatine and mandibular teeth feebly enlarged. Eostral 

 Tjroader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals broader 

 than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal a little longer 

 than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep or longer than deep, , 

 sometimes entering the eye below the prseocular, which is widely 

 separated from the frontal, but reaches the upper surface of the 

 head; two postooulars; temporals 1+2 or 2+2; eight upper 

 labials, third, fourth, and fifth entering the eye ; five to seven lower 

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

 fihields as long as the anterior, separated from each other by scales. 

 Scales in 21 rows, vertebral row feebly enlarged. Ventrals 231- 

 248 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 96-109. Greyish above, with 

 oblique black cross-bars ; a more or less distinct series of whitish 

 spots along the vertebral line ; a pair of black streaks on the head, 

 from the prsefrontals to the occiput, a black streak from the eye to 

 the commissure of the jaws, and another along the nape ; upper 

 labials black-edged; lower parts spotted or checkered with dark 

 brown or black. 



Total length 875 millim. ; tail 180. 



Himalayas. 



a, h. d (V. 245 ; C. 102) & India. 



2 (V. 240; 0.102). 



9. Dipsadomorphus dightonii. 



Dipsas dightoni, Bouleng. Journ. Bomb. N. S. Soc. viii. 1894, p. 528, 

 pi.—. 



Anterior palatine and mandibular teeth moderately enlarged. 

 Hostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

 broader than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal as long as 

 l)road, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prseocular, 

 narrowly separated from the frontal ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 small, scale-like, 2+3 ; eight upper labials, third, fourth, and fifth 

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

 chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 23 rows, 

 vertebral row feebly enlarged. Ventrals 241 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 oaudals 95. Pale reddish-brown above, without any dark markings ; 

 & series of salmon-red blotches along the back ; head pale brown, 



