210. ENHTDRIS. 301 



0. JerdoE 

 , W. H. 



Esq. [C.]. 



g. Hgr. (V. 150). Madras. T. 0. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



h, i. S (V. 153, 157). Ceylon. E. W. H. Holdsworth,, 



Te. S (V. 155). Ceylon. 



I, <S , skeleton. Ceylon. 



2. Enhydris hardwickii. 



Lapemis hai'dwicMi, Gray, HI. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. Ixxxvii. f. 2 (1834), 



and Cat. p. 44 (1849). 

 Hydrophis pelamidoides, Schhg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 512, pl. xviii. 



figs. 16 & 17 (1887), and Faun. Japan., Rept. pl. ix. (1838) ; 



Bum. & Bibr. vii. p. 1345 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. G%n. 41, pl. iii. 



fig. 1 (1872). 

 Lapemis loreatus, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. xi. 1843, p. 46. 

 Hydrophis (Pelamis) pelamidoides, Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Saml^ 



iii. 1856, p. 64, pl. iil. 

 problematicus, Jan, Rev. ^ Mag. Zool. 1859, p. 150, and Prodr, 



pl.I)(1859). 

 hardwickii, Gunth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 880, pl. xxv. fig. W 



(1864) ; Anders. Joum. lAnn. Soc. xxi. 1889, p. 848. 



loreata, GiXnth. I. c. p. 380 ; Boettg. Zool. Anz. 1888, p. 396. 



fayreriana, Anders. Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 19. 



abbreviatus, Jan, Icon. G4n. 40, pl. iv. fig. 2, & v. fig. 2. 



brevis, Jan, I. c. pl. iv. fig. 2. 



Enhydris hardwickii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 397 (1890). 



Eostral as deep as broad or slightly broader than deep ; parietais- 

 large ; one prae- and one to three postoculars ; a loreal sometimes 

 present ; two or three superposed anterior temporals ; seven upper 

 labials, fourth, or third and fourth entering the eye ; ehin-shields 

 very small and separated by scales, or quite indistinct. 25 to 33- 

 scales round the anterior part of the body, 34 to 37 round the 

 middle, with tubercles as in the preceding species. Ventrals- 

 usually very indistinct, 130-200. Coloration as in the pre- 

 ceding, but the dark bands often forming complete rings round the- 

 body. 



Total length 750 millim. ; tail 80. 



From the Bay of Bengal to the Chinese Sea and the coast of New 

 Guinea. 



a. 2 (V. 150). India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



(Type.) 



b-c. S (V. 130) & Singapore. E. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



2 (V. 1531. 



d. cJ (V. 135). Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



(Type of L. loreatus.y 



e,/. ? (V. 136, 142). Borneo. Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 



g. (S (V. 140). Philippines. 



h. Hgr. (V. 175). Manilla. 



i-l. ? (V. 180, 156, Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



140.) 



m-q. cf (V. 155, 138), Malay Archipelago. 



$ (V. 200, 146), & 



yg. (V. 130). 



