81. BHADINiEA. 



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Table sfowdtq TTtjmbees of Scales and Shields. 



leiicogaster 



breviceps 



calUgoAiter 



mimus 



anomala 



sagiltifera 



cohella 



purpurans 



merremii 



fuxaa 



jiegeri 



genimamlata.. 



ohiusa 



serper astro, 



affinU 



pcecUopogon .. 

 lachrymans . . 



wndulata 



melanaiichen .. 



occipitalis 



decorata 



vermicidaticepi 



clavata 



vittata 



laureata 



godmani 



Scales. 



17 

 17 

 17 

 15 

 19 

 19 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17-19 

 17 

 19 

 19 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 15 

 15 

 17 

 17 

 19 

 17 

 17 

 21 



Ventrale. 



140 



1,54 



152 

 ? 

 147-159 

 186-198 

 143-163 

 150-170 

 141-164 

 165-183 

 147-165 

 191-208 

 174-192 



164 

 147-185 

 141-164 



173 

 149-167 



148 

 152-^83 

 117-137 



117 



127 

 145-183 

 159-164 

 168-176 



Suboaudals, 



30 



48-54 



46 

 ? 

 50-73 

 75-92 

 45-57 

 51-65 

 47-58 

 51-60 

 65-62 

 51-66 

 65-79 



78 

 58-71 

 66-75 



78 

 52-85 



60 

 64-86 

 90-120 



79 



89 

 88-132 

 85-95 

 72-92 



Labials. 



6-7 



7 



7 

 7-8 



8 



8 



8 



1. Rhadinsea leucogaster. 



Liophis ]eucoo:aster, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anai. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 289, 

 and Icon. Gen. 13, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1865). 



Eye rather small; rostral broader than deep, just visible from 

 above ; internasals broader than long ; suture between the inter- 

 nasals a little shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 about once and a half as long as broad, longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; latter as long as 

 their distance from the internasals ; loreal square ; one prse- and 

 one postocular ; temporals 1 4- 2 ; six upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are as long as the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Ventrals 140 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 30. Brown above, with 

 black cross bands, some of the scales on the middle line between 

 the bands edged with white ; a black lateral stripe on the hinder 

 part of the body, extending to the ends of the ventrals; lower 

 surface white. 



Total length 180 millim. ; tail 28. 



Habitat unknown. 



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