238. DOLioPHis. 399 



A. Forma typica. No vertebral line. 

 a. (J (V. 212 ; C. 28). Assam. 

 «. 2 (V. 219 ; 0. 28). Pegu. W.Theotald.Esq.rO.l. 



c. Hgr. (V.216; 0.26). Mountains N. of A. E. Pratt, Esq/fC.]. 



Kiu Kiang. 



d. c? (V. 240; C. 34). Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [0.1 



e. d (V. 212 ; 0. 32). S. China. J. C. Bowring, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type of C. annularis.) 



B. Var. TJNiviEGATUs, Gthr. A black vertebral line. 



a-b. 2 (V. 214, 231 ; Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



0. 28, 25). (Types of IJ. univirgatus.) 



c,6?-e. c?(V.210,210; Darjeeling. W.T. Blanford.Esq. rP.l. 



0. 30, 30) & yg. ■ 1 L J 



(V. 182; C. 28). 



5. CallopMs bibronii. 



Elaps bibroni, Jan, Rev. ^ Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 526, Prodi: pi. B 



(1869), and Icon. Gin. 43, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1873). 



cerasinus, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 179. 



CaUophis cerasinus, Beddome, Madras Quart. Journ. Med. So. 1867, 



p. 16, pi. ii. fig. 5 ; Theob. Cat. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 213 (1876). 

 bibronii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Bept. p. 386 (1890). 



Eye minute, about half as long as its distance from the mouth. 

 Eostral broader than deep ; frontal nearly as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals ; no prse- 

 ocular ; praefrontal in contact with the tbird labial ; one very small 

 postocular; temporals 1 + 1; seven upper labials, tbird and fourth 

 entering the eye ; first lower labial much elongate, forming a long 

 suture with its fellow; anterior chin-shields small, much shorter 

 than the posterior, in contact with the third and fourth labials. 

 Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 222-226 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 27-34. Cherry-red to dark purplish brown above, red beneath, 

 with black transverse bands which are sometimes continuous across 

 the belly ; anterior part of bead black above. 



Total length 640 millim. ; tail 50. 



"Wynad, Malabar. 



a. ? (V. 224; 0. 34). Wynad, 3000 ft. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



(Type of C. cerasinus.) 

 b-c, d. 2 (V. 222, 226 ; Wynad. Col. Beddome [C,]. 



C. 27, 32) & hgr. 

 (V. 223; 0.30). 



238. DOLIOPHIS. 



Elaps, part., Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p. 289 (1801) ; Wagl. Syst. 



Ampk. p. 193 (1830); Schteg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 435 (1837); 



Bum. ^ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 1191 (1854) ; Gunth. Cat. Col. Sn. 



p. 229 (1858) ; Jan, Rev. Sf Mag. Zool. 1858, p. 516. 

 Maticora, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii. (1834). — No definition. 

 Doliophis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1857, p. 182, and U.S. Explor. 



Exped., Herp. p. 175 (1858). 

 Helminthoelaps, part., Jan, I. c, p. 518. 



