88 COLTTBEII)^. 



1. DendrelapMs tristis. 



Mussell, Ind. Serp. i. pi. xxxi. (1796) & ii. pis. xxv. & xxvi. 



(1801). 

 Coluber tristis, Baud. Mept. vi. p. 430 (1803). 

 Dipsaa schokari, part., Kuhl, Beitr. Zool. vergl. Anat. p. 80 (1820). 

 . Leptophis mancas, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 1825, p. 208. 

 Dendrophis chaireeacos, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 541. 



maniar, Boie, I. c. p. 642. 



boii, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 63. 



. pictus, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 228 (1837) ; Dum. §• Bibr. 



tU. p. 197 (1853) ; Giinth. Cat. p. 148 (1868), andPept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 297 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. Gin. 32, pi, i. figs. 1 & 2 (1869) ; Theol. 



Cat. Mept. Brit. Ind. p. 190 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 



p. 337 (1890). 

 Leptophis pictus, part., Cantor, Cat. Mai. Pept. p. 83 (1847). 

 Dendrophis pictus, var. vertehralis, Jan, Elenco, p. 85 (1863). 

 - — ■ pictus, F. Milll. Verh. nat. Oes. Basel, viii. 1878, p. 268. 

 helena, Werner, Zool. Anz. 1893, p. 81. 



Eye as long as its distance from the nostril. Eostral about once 

 and one third as broad as deep, visible from above ; internasals as long 

 as or a little shorter than the prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half 

 to once and two thirds as long as broad, as long as or a little longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as or slightly- 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal elongate ; one prse- and two post- 

 oculars ; temporals 2 + 2; nine upper labials (rarely eight), fifth 

 and sixth (or fourth and fifth) entering the eye ; five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are much shorter 

 than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 163-192; anal 

 divided ; suboaudals 113-140. Olive above, with or without black 

 margins to the scales ; scales of outer row, and of middle row on 

 anterior part of body, usually yellowish ; usually a round j'ellow 

 spot in the middle between the parietals ; upper lip yellow, bordered 

 by a black streak along the temple ; black spots or oblique bars may 

 be present on each side of the neck, and one or two black lateral 

 lines along the posterior part of the body ; lower parts yellowish or 

 greenish. 



Total length 1310 millim. ; tail 420. 



Eastern Himalayas, Assam, India, Ceylon. 



o. Hgr. c?(V. 192;C.133). Darjeeling. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.]. 



h. S (V. 187 ; C. ?). Khasi HOls. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



c-d. Hgr. 3 (V. 189; 0. Khasi Hills (?). Dr. Griffith. 



120) & 2 (V. 185 ; 0. ?). 



e. Hgr. $ (V. 186 ; 0. 127) . Sind. ''. Messrs. v. Schlagintweit 



[C.]. 



/. 2 (V. 181 ; C. P). Matheran, Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.l 



g. 6 (V. 184 ; C. 140). India. Dr. P. BusseU. 



h. 2 (V. 166 ; C. 113). Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 



i. <S (V. 184; C. 132). Ceylon. E. W. H. Holdsworth, 



h, I, m. 2 (V. 163, 164 ; Ceylon. 

 0.?,121)&yg.(V.165: 

 C. 127). 



Esq. [C.]. 



