206 COLUBEIDJi;. 



15. Coronella brachyura. 



Zamenis brachyurus, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. II. (3) xviii. 1866, 

 p. 27, pi. vi. fig. A. ; Blanf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xxxix. 1870, 

 p. 372 ; Anders. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 176 ; Theob. Cat. Kept. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 171 (1876). 



OoroneUa brachyura, Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Bept. p. 309 (1890). 



Eostral broader than deep, visible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals shorter than that between the prjefrontals ; frontal 

 once and a half as long as broad, as long as its distance from the 

 end of the snout, a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal as long 

 as deep; one praeocular ; two postoculars ; temporals 2 + 2; eight 

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

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are slightly longer 

 than the posterior ; the latter widely separated from each other by 

 three series of scales. Scales in 23 rows. Ventrals 213-223 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 46-53. Olive-brown above, with rather 

 indistinct light variegations on the anterior half of the body ; lower 

 surface whitish. 



Total length 445 millim. ; tail 55. 



Decean. 



«. 5 (V. 223; C. 46). Poonah. Dr. Leith [P.]. (Type.) 



16. Coronella punctata. 



Coluber punctatua, Linn. S. N. i. p. 376 (1766) ; Baud. Bept. vii. 



p. 178 (1803) ; Harlan, Journ. Ac. Philad. v. 1827, p. 3-54, and 



Med. Phys. Bes. p. 117 (1835) ; Storer, Bep. Fish. Sf Bept. Mass. 



p. 225 (1839) ; Holbr. N. Am. Hevp. iii. p. 81, pi. xviii. (1842) ; 



DeKaij, N. T. Faun. jii. p. 39, pi. xiv. fig. 29 (1842). 



■ torquatus, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 653 (1802). 



Calamaria punctata, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 39 (1837). 



Diadophia punctatus, ^mrrf ^ Crir. N. Am. Bept. p. 112(1853); 



Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 250 ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. 



ii. 1863, p. 263, and Icon. Oen. 15, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1866); Qarm. N. 



Am. Bept. p. 72, pi. ii. fig. 2 (1883) ; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Bept. 



p. 618, pi. xl. fig. 1 (1886) ; Cope, Proe. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1892, 



p. 617 ; H. Garm. Butt. Illin. Lab. iii. 1892, p. 300. 

 Ablabes punotatus, Dum. ^ Bihr. vii. p. 310 (1854) : Giinth. Cat. 



p. 28 (1858). 



occipitalis, Giinth. I. c. p. 29. 



Diadophis occipitalis. Cope, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1860, p. 250. 



punctatus, var. pallidus, Cope, I c. ; Bocourt, I. o. p. 621. 



dysopes. Cope, I. c. p. 251. 



Snout not prominent ; rostral nearly twice as broad as deep, just 

 visible from above ; suture between the ■ internasals shorter than 

 that between the prsefrontals ; frontal a little longer than its dis- 

 tance from the end of the snout, about two thirds the length of the 

 parietals ; loreal as long as deep or a little deeper than long ; two 

 (rarely one) prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 -|- 1 ; seven 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, or eight, fourth 



