370 COLUBBID^. 



4. Bnngarus lividus. 



Bungarus lividus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 32 ; Bouleng. Faun. 



Ind., Rept. p. 389 (1890) ; W. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Is. 



1891, p. 246. 



candidus, var. lividus. Cantor, Cat. Mai. Sept. p. 113 (1847). 



lineatus, var. 0, Giinth. Cat. p. 219 (1858). 



cseruleus, part., Oiinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 348 (1864) ; Anders. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 189; Theob. Cat. Bept. Brit. Ind. p. 215 



(.1876). 



Rostral nearly as deep as broad, visible from above ; internasals 

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

 its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; 

 one prae- and two postooulars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; seven upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of chin-shields, anterior 

 longest and in contact with three lower labials. Scales in 15 rows, 

 vertebrals but feebly enlarged and not broader than long. Ventrals 

 212-225; anal entire; subcaudals single, 37-56. Uniform black 

 or brown above ; upper lip white ; lower parts white or pale brown. 



Total length 940 millim. ; tail 100. 



Assam, Bengal. 



a-c. ,3 (V. 215 ; 0. 37) & yg. Assam. East India Co. [P.]. 



(V. 214, 212 ; C. 40, 37). 

 d. Hgr. (V. 212; 0. 42). India. Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



5. Bnngarus bungaroides. (Plate XVIII. fig. 5.) 



Elaps bungaroides. Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 33. 

 Xenurelaps bungaroides, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 346 (1864) ; 



Jerdon, Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, p. 82 ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 215 (1876) ; Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxviii. 1879, p. 131. 

 Bungarus bungaroides, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 389 (1890) ; 



IV. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Iz. 1891, p. 246. 



Hostral broader than deep, just visible from above ; internasals 

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

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the 

 parietals ; one prse- and two postooulars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; seven 

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

 subequal chin-shields, the anterior in contact with three labials. 

 Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals much enlarged, broader than long on 

 the hinder half of the body. Ventrals 220-237; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 44-51, all in pairs, or a few of the anterior single. 

 Black, with white (yellow ?) transverse lines, the anterior angular 

 and pointing forwards; these lines widen beneath, forming broad 

 bands across the belly ; a yellow line across the snout and a curved 

 one on each side, from the frontal shield to behind the angle of the 

 mouth ; a third from the postooulars to the lip. 



Total length 800 millim. ; tail 100. 



Khasi hiUs and Darjeeling. 



