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COLUBRID. 31 
No. 15. Col. cor. stolatys (Linn.). 1 sub-variety. Called 
Wanna Pam, by Russell. 
Abdominal scuta Ma. subcaudal squame 702713. Length is . 
diameter $7’; seldom found to exceed this size. Herod somewhat broader 
than the neck. rather short. obtuse ovate, depressed. covered with nine 
laming, the large pesterior pair oblique, oblong. semi-scordate. with two 
or three small lamine on each side.  MonzA large. three rows of teeth in 
the upper jaw. Eres large. 7 +.wk roand. invested with eval, thick-se 
earinated scaies. Coder of head and reck a very dark green: cheeks and 
throat vellow : on the neck are two Miackish bands. from whieh a yel- 
lowish-bvown filet runs on each side slong the back and part of the tail. 
This Allet is marked. between the fillets on the body. with broader, 
transverse. whitish bands. and between the fliets and the abdomen. with 
waving. Interrupted, iisdimal white ccs. The ground eelor te- 
tween these approaches to black. From just above the snus to the tip 
of the tail the ground color is bisck, marked by 2u¢rs ef a uniform color. 
a and subvaudal squame sre of s dull pearl color. the former having 
ae 
a vlaeks det on each side. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
No poison-organs could be found in this variety. 
The C. stelatus is marked poisonous by Linnens. ae as 
Dr. Gray observes. this is an error. Two specimens from 
Ganjam were called— 
6, subcaudal s 
2 SSCS: Wd ea 
No. 18. Col. cor. Jincatus (Linn.). 1 sub-variety. Called 
Jeri ae by Russel. 
SS = 284. Called Cond:7s- 
Head 
Abdomins! souia 17s. 5 
rouse In Gi njam, and muen pote L: 
5 Jismeter 
43.8 
above, Compr 
74 medium ¢ 
in the : 
Sears 
breader than neck. oborg. ovaie. c:: 
the rt 3 with =‘ne lamin. Mu 
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