80 COLUBEID^. 



2. DendropMs l)ifrenalis. (Plate IV. fig. 1.) 



Dendi'opliis picta, var. C, Gunth. Cat. p. 149 (1858). 

 biirenalis, Boulaig. Faun. Ind., Mept. p. 338 (1890). 



Maxillar}' teeth 24 or 25. Head very narrow and elongate, 

 shorter than its distance from the nostril. Eostral much broader 

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

 shorter than the praefrontals ; frontal once and a half to once and 

 two thirds as long as broad, as long as its distance from the rostral 

 or the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; two loreals ; 

 one prse- and two postooulars ; temporals 2 + 2 ; nine upper labials, 

 fifth and sixth entering the eye ; five lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are much shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows, vertebrals larger than outer. Ventrals 154-171 ; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 144-155. Dark olive above ; a yellowish 

 lateral stripe running along the outer row of scales ; upper lip 

 yellow ; a black streak on each side of the head, passing through 

 the eye ; some oblique black bars may be present on each side of 

 the neck ; ventrals and subcaudals pale greenish yellow between 

 the keels, dark olive between the keels and the light lateral stripe. 



Total length 1030 millim. ; tail 380. 



Ceylon. 



a, b. 5 (V. 171 ; 0. 144) & yg-. Ceylon. 1 



(V. 154; 0.155). MTypes.) 



c. Hgr. c? (V. 155 ; 0. ?). Ceylon. A. Paul, Esq. [P.]. ) 



3. DendropMs calligaster. 



Dendrophis lineolata, part., Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 200 (1864). 



calligaster, Oimth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. (3) xx. 1867, p. 53. 



lineolatns {non Hombr. Sf Jacq.), Jan, Icon. Gin. 32, pi. iii. 



fig. 2 (1869). 



salomonis, Gilnth. Ann. 8/- Mag. W. S. (4) ix. 1872, p. 25. 



■ aruensis, Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, vi. 1874, p. 349, pi. xii. 



fig. g ; Saurage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 1878, p. 41. 



katowensis, Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 1877, p. 37. 



darnleyensis, Macleay, I. c. p. 38. 



punctulatus, part., Feters Sf Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, xiii. 



1878, p. 390. 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 26. Eye not longer than its distance 

 from the posterior border of the nostril. Eostral once and two 

 thirds to twice as broad as deep, visible from above ; internasals as 

 long as or a little longer than the prfefrontals ; frontal once and 

 one third to once and three fourths as long as broad, as long as its 

 distance from the rostral or the tip of the snout, usually shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal once and a half to thrice as long as deep 

 (rarely absent, fused with the praefrontal) ; one prae- and two 

 (rarely three) postooulars ; temporals usually 2 + 2, sometimes 1 +2; 

 eight or nine upper labials, fourth and fifth or fifth and sixth 

 entering the eye ; five (rarely four) lower labials in contact with 



