237. CAiLOPHis. 397 



Eeddish or pale brown above, with three dark brown or black 

 longitudinal lines passing through distant round dark brown or 

 black spots, the lateral spots alternating with the vertebrals ; two 

 outer rows of scales dark brown or black with a yellow longitudinal 

 streak ; belly and lower surface of tail barred black and yellow. 



Total length 740 millim. ; tail 35. 



Pinang, Singapore, Sumatra. 



a. 2 (V. 309 ; C. 23). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. (Type of 



C. nigrOTnaculatus.) 

 fi-o.Hgr. (V.305,303;C.28,23). Pinang. E. India Co. fP.!. 



d. $ (V. 320 ; 0. 21). ? . E. India Co, TP.]. 



e. $ (V. 303 ; C. 22). ? Haslar Collection. 



2. Callophis trimaculatus. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. viii. (1796). 

 Coluber melanurus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 552 (1802). 

 Vipera trimaculata, Daud. Sept. vi. p. 25 (1803). 

 Elapa trimaculatus, Merr. Tent. p. 143 (1820). 



melanurus, Jerd. Joum. As. Soc. Bang. xxii. 1856, p. 622. 



Callophis trimaculatus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 83, pi. xvi. 



fig. E, and Sept. Brit. hid. p. 350 (1864) ; Theoh. Cat. Sept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 212 (1876) ; Phipson, Joum. Bomb. N. H. Soc. ii. 



1887, p. 248 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Sept. p. 384 (1890). 



Eye as long as or a little shorter than its distance from the 

 mouth. Eostral a little broader than deep ; frontal as long as its 

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

 one prae- and two postooulars ; a single temporal ; six upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of subequal chin- 

 shields, the anterior in contact with three or four labials. Scales 

 in 13 rows. Ventrals 240-274 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 24-35. 

 Light bay above, each scale with a brown dot ; sometimes a fine 

 dark vertebral line ; head and nape black, with a yellow spot on 

 each side of the occiput ; lower parts uniform red ; tail with two 

 black rings. 



Total length 335 millim. ; tail 21. 



India and Burma. 



a. Hgr. (V. 240 ; C. 32). Nerva, Bengal. Dr. P. Russell. (Type.) 



6. $ (V. 264 ; C. 26). Trichinopoly. Col. Beddome [0.1. 



c-d. 5 (V. 263, 266 ; C. Anamallays. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



24, 27). 



«. Hgr. (V. 266 ; C. ?). India. "W. Masters, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Callophis maculiceps. 



Elaps melanurus (nm Shaw), Cantor, Cat. Mai. Sept. p. 106, pi. xl. 



fig. 6 (1847). 



maculiceps, Giinth. Cat. p. 232 (1868). 



Callophis maculiceps, Giinth. Proc. Znol. Soc. 1859, p. 84, pi. xvi. 



fig. D, and Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 851 (1864) ; Theob. Cat. Sept. 



