212. AIPTSTTETJS. 



303 



"bands are usually less distinct, some specimens being uniform dark 

 grey above ; sides and lower parts whitish. 



Total length 1300 millim. ; tail 190. 



From the Persian Gulf along the coasts of India and Burma to 

 the Malay Archipelago and Fapuasia. 



A. S. O. Jayakar, Esq. 



[P.]. '• 

 Kurrachee Museum 



. Beddome [C.]. 



a-b. c? (V. 310) & ? 



(V. 268). 

 ^d. d (V. 268) & 2 



(V. 250). 

 ^-f. ? (V. 256) & yg. 



(V. 260). 

 ^. d (V. 297). 

 h. d (V. 268). 

 i, k. 2 (V. 243, 255). 

 l-m. c? (V. 240) & yg. 



(V. 283). 

 n. <S (V. 255). 



o. ? (V. 249), 



p. Hgr. (V. 239). 



q. c? (V. 235). 



r-s. 6 (V. 230) & $ 



(V. 240). 

 t. ? (V. 236). 

 u. d (V. 254). 



V. Yg. (V. 230). 

 tv. Yg. (V. 238). 



X. $ skeleton. 



Muscat. 



Kurrachee. 



Malabar. 



Malabar. 

 W. Oeylon. 

 Madras. 

 Sandheads, Bengal. 



Bengal. 



Bengal. 

 India. 

 Mergui. 

 Mergui. 



Pinang. 



Siam. 



Malay Archipelago. 

 S. coast of New 



Guinea. 

 Madras. 



E. Both, Esq. [P.]. 



T. 0. Jerdon, Esq.pP.]. 

 Sir J. Fayrer [P.]. 



Gen. Hardwicke pP.]. 

 (Type of a. benffalensts.) 

 Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 

 Gen. Hardwicke [P.J. 

 Prof. Oldham [P.]. 

 Dr. J. Anderson [P.]. 



Dr. Cantor. 



W. H. Newman, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Dr. Bleeker. 

 J. B. Jukes, Esq. [P.], 



F. Day, Esq. [P.]. 



212. AIPYSURUS. 



Aipysurus, Lacip. Ann. Mus. iv. 1804, p. 197 ; Dum. %■ Bibr. Erp. 



Qin. vii. p. 1323 (1854) ; Fischer, Abh. Naturw. Hamb. iii. 1856, 



p. 31 ; Jan, Hknco sist. Ofd. p. 108 (1863) ; Gunth. Mept. Brit. 



Ind. p. 357 (1864). 

 Stephanohydra, Tschvdi, Arch. f. Nat. 1837, p. 331 ; Ch-ay, Cat. 



Sn. p. 59 (1849). 

 Hydrophis, part., Schleg. Phys._ Serp. ii. p. 488 (1837). 

 Hypotropis, Gray, Ann. S( Mag. N. B.. xviii. 1846, p. 284, 

 Tomogaster, Gray, Cat, p. 59. 



Thalassophis, part., Schmidt, Abh. Naturw. Hamb. ii. 1852, p. 75. 

 Emydocephalus, Kreft, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 321. 

 Pelagophis, Peters <§• Doria, Ann. Mus. Geneva, xiii. 1878, p. 413. 



Maxillary a little longer than the ectopterygoid, extending for- 

 wards beyond the palatine ; poison-fangs moderate, followed, after 

 a short interspace, by 8 to 10 grooved teeth ; anterior mandibular 

 teeth feebly grooved. Snout short ; nostrils superior ; head-shields 

 large or broken up into scales ; nasals in contact with each other. 

 Body moderate; scales imbricate; ventrals large, keeled in the 

 middle. 



Malay Archipelago and Western Tropical Pacific Ocean. 



As in Distira, the prsefrontal nearly reaches the postfrontal. 



