386 COLTTBBID^. 



7. Naia bungarus. 



Hamadryas hannah, Cantor, As. Mes. xix. 1836, p. 87, pis. x.-xii. 

 Naja 'buugarus, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 476, pi. xvii. figs. 8 & 9 



(1837) ; Schleg. §■ Miill. in Temm. Verh. Overz. Bez. Kederl. Ind., 



Mept. p. 71, pi. X. (1844) ; Peters, Mon. Perl. Ac. 1861, p. 690; 



Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Pept. p. 392, fig. (1890). 

 Hamadryas ophiophagus. Cantor, Proa. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 32, and 



Cat. Mai. Pept. p. 116 (1847). 

 Trimeresurus ophiophagus, part., Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 1245 (1854). 

 Hamadryas elaps, Oiinth. Cat. p. 219 (1868). 

 Trimeresurus bungarus, Jan, Pev. ^ Mag. Zool. 1869, p. 129, and 



Icon. Oen. 44, pi. iv. (1873). 

 Naja faseiata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 689. 

 Ophiophagus elaps, Giinth. Pept. Brit. Ind. p. 341 (1864) ; Stoliczka, 



Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, p. 210, pi. xi. fig. 7 ; Anders. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 188 ; Fayrer, Thanatoph. Ind. pis. vii. & 



Tiii. (1874) ; BoeUg. Ber. Offenh. Ver. Nat. 1888, p. 86. 

 Naja elaps, Theoh. Cat. Pept. Brit. Ind. p. 209 (1876). 



ingens, v. Hasselt, Versl. Ah. Amsterd. xvii. 1882, p. 140. 



tripudians. Tar. sumatrana, F. Miill. Verh. Nat. Oes. Basel, viii. 



1887, p. 277. 



Eye moderate, two fifths to one half the length of the snout in 

 the adult. Eostral once and a half to once and two thirds as broad 

 as deep, just visible from above; internasals as long as or a little 

 shorter than the praefrontals, separated from the praeocular ; frontal 

 once and one fourth to once and a half as long as broad, as broad 

 as the supraocular, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, 

 much shorter than the parietala ; a pair of large occipital shields ; 

 one praeocular (rarely two); three postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2; 

 seven upper labials, third deepest, seventh longest, third and fourth 

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

 chin-shields, which are as long as or a little longer than the 

 posterior. 19 or 21 scales across the neck, 15 across the middle 

 of the body. Ventrals 215-262 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 80-117, 

 the anterior usually single. Coloration very variable. Yellowish, 

 brown, or olive to black, with or without more or less marked dark 

 cross-bands. 



Total length 3900 millim. ; tail 630. 



India, Burma, Indo-China, Southern China, Malay Peninsula and 

 Ai'chipelago. 



A. With dark cross-bands or annuli, of which at least traces persist 

 in old specimens. Young annulate black and yellow. 



a. Ad., skin. Near Collem, Qoa. W. F. Hamilton, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. Head of adult. S. Canara. Col. Beddome [0.1. 



c. Yg. (V. 246 ; 0. 91). Anamallays. Col. Beddome [0.1. 



d. Ad., stfid. Madras. Sir W. Elliot [P.]. 



e. 5 (V. 254 ; 0. 83). Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. 



f-g. S (V. 237; 0.96) Siam. W. H. Newman, Esq. 



& ? (V. 251 ; 0. 86). [P.]. 



