236. HEMIBITNOAETJS. .395 



C. Intermediate between A and B. 



a-5. d (V.240; 0.?)& g Nilgherries. W. Theobald, Esq. 



(V. .241 ; 0. 35). [0.]. ^ 



_D. Dark purplish brown above, with tbree or five more or less distinct 

 black stripes, which are not light-edged. (C. concinnus, Bedd.) 



a. c? (V. 246; C. 41). Nilgherries, 6000 Col. Beddome [0.1. 



ft. 



b, c-d. S (V. 248, 225, 235 ; Wynad. Col. Beddome rCl. 



0. 43, 38, 42). '- -^ . 



E. Pale reddish brown or red above, with five black stripes. {G.penta- 

 lineatus, Bedd.) 



ffl-c. d (V. 238, 247 ; C. 39, Anamallays. Col. Beddome rC.l. 



35) & $ (V. 241 ; C. 85). 

 d-e, f-ff. S (V. 251, 24:5; Anamallays, 4700 W. Davison, Esq. rO.l. 



C. 44, 40), $ (V. 236; ft. ' 1 L J 



C. 34), & yg. (V. 249 ; 



C. 34). 

 A. J (V. 249; G. 43). N. Travancore Col. Beddome rCl. 



Hills. 

 i-k. (J (V. 243 ; C. 36) & Tinnevelly Hills. Col. Beddome rC.l. 



hgr. (V. 234 ; C. 37). '" "' 



;. Skull of d. 



4. Hemibungarus japonicus. 



Callophis japonicus, Gunth. Ann. Sr Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 428, 

 pi. xvii. fig. C ; Bovleng. Ann. Sr Mag. N. S. (6) x. 1892, p. 302, 

 and Zool. Bee. 1894, Rept. p. 31. 



boettgeri, Fritze, Zool. Jahrb. vii. 1894, p. 861. 



Rostral broader than deep ; frontal as long as or longer than its 

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

 one prsB- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 1 ; seven upper 

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

 chin -shields, anterior in contact with four lower labials. Scales in 

 13 rows. Ventrals 190-216; anal divided; subcaudals 28-29. 

 Red above, with one, three, or five black stripes crossed by black 

 bars edged with yellowish ; snout and sides of head black ; yellowish 

 beneath, with large black spots alternating with black cross-bars, 

 which may form annuli with the dorsal bars. 



Total length 520 millim. ; tail 40. 



Loo Choo Islands ; Japan (?)*. 



a. Tg. (V. 205; 0. 29). Nagasaki. Mr. Whitely [C.]. (Type.) 



h. cj (V. 190; C. 28). Great Loo Choo. Mr. Hoist [C.]. 



c-d. $ (V. 216 ; C. 28) & Oo Sima. M. FerriiS [0.] ; M. R. Ober- 



yg. (V. 211 ; C. 28). thiir [P.]. 



* The type is stated to be from Nagasaki. The species has not been re- 

 discovered in Japan, and the fact that the companioa snake purchased from 

 Mr. Whitely ( CyclopMs nebuloms) belongs to a Loo Choo species (see Cat. ii. 

 p. 278; renders it probable that an error of locality has taken place. 



