242 COLUBEIDJ?. 



a. r? (V. 135: C. 31). Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type.) 

 6-c. S (V. 139 ; C. 30) & yg. Udagama. E, E. Green, Esq. [P.]. 

 (V. 152; 0.28). 



13. Oligodon sublineatus. 



Oligodon sublineatus, Bum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 57 (1854) ; Gunth. 

 Cat. p. 21 (1858); Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, 

 p. 38 ; Giinth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 209 (1864) ; Jan, Icon. OSn. 48, 

 pi. i. fig. 2 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 820 (1890) ; 

 W. L. Seluter, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ix. 1891, p. 237. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals 

 nearly as long as that between the preefrontals ; frontal longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals, or 

 slightly longer ; loreal as long as deep, or a little longer, rarely 

 absent; prseocular single; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; 

 seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; three or 

 four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 posterior chin-shields about two thirds the length of the anterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 136-160 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 26-35. Pale brown above, some of the scales edged with dark 

 brown ; frequently a more or less regular series of paired dark 

 brown dorsal spots ; head with dark brown markings ; an angular 

 transverse band anteriorly, passing through the eyes ; a longitu- 

 dinal band from the middle of the frontal to a little beyond the 

 parietals, and a large spot on each side of the nape ; the longitu- 

 dinal band and the nuchal spots sometimes confluent ; lower 

 surfaces yellowish, with three (rarely two) longitudinal series of 

 small dark brown spots, the lateral series often confluent into a line. 



Total length 315 millim. ; tail 35. 



Ceylon, Nicobars. 



a-b. 9 (V. 151, 160 ; 0. 27, 28). Punduloya, E. E. Green, Esq. rP.l 



4000 ft. 



c. cJ (V. 138; C. 33). Kandy. Capt. Gascoigne [P.]. 



d. Yg. (V. l.-jg ; C. 20). Ceylon. G. H. K. Thwaites, Esq. 



e,f,g-o. 6 (V. 138,136: C. 35, Ceylon. 

 .34), ? (V. 149, 149,146, 152; 

 C. 28, 27, 26, 26), & hgr. 

 (V. 150,147,137,146; C. 29, 

 29, 32, 31). 



14. Oligodon ellioti. 



Oligodon ellioti, Giinth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 207, pi. xix. fig. G 

 (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 321 (1890). 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 

 distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals as long 

 as that between the praefrontals : frontal longer than its distance 



