366 COLTJBEID^. 



Synopsis of the Species, 



I. Subeaudals single ; scales in 15 (rarelj' 17) rows. 



A. A dorsal ridge ; tail ending very obtusely ; anterior temporal 



shield scarcely longer than deep . . 1. fasciatus, p. 366. 



B. No dorsal ridge ; tail tapering to a point ; anterior temporal 



much longer than deep. 



Erontal little longer than broad ; rostral a 

 little broader than deep ; vertebral scales 

 strongly enlarged 2. ceyhnicus, p. 367. 



Frontal longer than broad ; rostral con- 

 siderably broader than deep ; vertebral 

 scales strongly enlarged 3. candidus, p. 368. 



Frontal longer than broad ; rostral nearly 

 as deep as broad ; vertebral scales feebly 

 enlarged 4. lividus, p. 370. 



II. Subeaudals in pairs, or partly single partly in pairs. 



Scales in 15 rows 5. hungaroides, p. 370. 



Scales in 13 rows 6. flavieeps, p. 371. 



1. Bungarus fasciatus. 



Seba, Thes. ii. pi. Iviii. fig. 2 (1735) ; Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. iii. 

 (1796). 



Pseudoboa fasciata, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 283 (1801). 



Boa fasciata, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 353 (1802). 



Bungarus annularis, Daud. Rept. v. p. 265, pi. Ikv. figs. 1 & 3 

 (1808) ; Schkg. Rhys. Serp. ii. p. 457, pi. xvi. iig?. 21 & 22 (1837), 

 and Abhild. pi. xviii. figs. 1-5 fl839) ; Bum. 8f Bibr. vu. p. 1269 

 (1854) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. 44, pi. ii. fig. 3 (1873). 



fasciatus, Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. p. 113 (1847) ; Qiinth. Cat. 



p. 221 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 343 (1864); Fayrer, 

 Thanatoph. Ind. pi. ix. (1874) ; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 216 (1876) ; Boettg. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1885, p. 16, and 

 1888, p. 86 ; Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 388 (1890). 



Eostral much broader than deep, visible from above ; internasals 

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

 or longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as or 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; one prse- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals l-|-2, anterior scarcely longer than deep; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of short, sub- 

 equal chin-shields. An obtuse keel or ridge along the back and 

 tail; latter ending very obtusely. Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals 

 much enlarged, broader than long. Ventrals 200-234 ; anal 

 entire ; subeaudals single, 23-39. Bright yellow, with black annuli 

 as broad as the interspaces between them or broader ; a black band, 

 widening behind, on the head and nape, beginning between the eyes 

 snout brown. 



