48 



COLtrBKIDiB. 



a-c. S (So. 23 ; V. 255 ; 



A. 2 ; C. 107), hgr. (Sc. 



25; V. 249; A. 2 ; C. 



107), & yg. (Sc. 23 ; V. 



240; A. 1; 0. 90). 

 d, e,f. J (Sc. 25 ; V. 232 ; 



A.2;0. 06), 2 (Sc.2-t; 



V. 2.33: A. 2; 0. 99), 



&yg. (Sc. 23; V. 230; 



A. 2; C. 101). 

 g. Yg. (So. 25 ; V. 



A. 2 ; 0. 94). 

 h. Yg. (Sc. 10; V. 



A. 1 ; C. 92). 

 i. cJ (Sc. 25; V. 



A. 2; 0.?). 

 k. HgT. (Sc. 23 ; V. 255 ; 



A. 2; 0.99). 

 I. 5 (So. 23; V. 255; 



A. 2 ; 0. 95). 

 m-o. 6 (So. 25 ; V. 282 ; 



A. 2; 0.94), hgr. (Sc. 



25: V. 278; A. 2; 0. 



98), & head. 

 p. c? (So. 25 ; V. 282 ; A. 



2; 0.97). 



240; 

 231; 

 239; 



Western hills of 

 Pekin. 



Shanghai. 



Ohikiang. 



Mountains of Kiu 



Kiang. 

 Mountains of Kiu 



W. Bushell, Esc[. 

 [P.]. 



R. Swinhoe, Esq. 



[C.]. 



Mr. Fortune [0.]. 

 0. Maries, Esq. [0.]. 



Kian^. 

 Darjeeling. 



Darjeeling. 



S.E. Borneo. 



Pajo, Sumatra. 



A. E. Pratt, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 W. T. Bknford, Esq. 



[PJ. 

 Hr. Grabowski [0.]. 

 (Types of E. grabowsliyi.) 



Hr. 0. Bock [0.]. 



20. Coluber schrenckii. 



Elaphis schrenokii, Straiich, Schl. Hiiss. B. p. 100 (1873). 



Coluber schrenckii, Bouleng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. R. (6) v. 1890, p. 139. 



Eye rather small. Eostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals broader than long, shorter than the prsefrontals ; 

 frontal slightly longer than broad, as long as or shorter than its 

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

 loreal considerably longer than deep ; one prseooular, with (or with- 

 out) a small subocular below it ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 3 ; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; five lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 

 longer than the posterior. Scales in 23 rows, feebly but distinctly 

 keeled, outer rows smooth. Veutrals not distinctly angulate 

 laterally, 208-221 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 61-76. Brown or 

 black above, uniform or with more or less regular pale brown cross 

 bands, disposed obliquely, and bifurcating on the sides ; lips black 

 and yellow ; belly yellowish, uniform or closely spotted or checkered 

 ■with black. 



Total length. 1430 millim. ; tail 230. 



Amoorland, Corea, and Northern Japan, 



A. Brown (young) or black above, with paler oblique cross bands; 

 belly closely spotted with, black. 



a. 2 (V. 220; 0.68). 

 6. Yg. (V. 210 ; 0. 68 



Ussuri R. 

 Seoul, Uorea. 



Warsaw Museum [E.]. 

 .0. W. Campbell, Esq. [P.]. 



