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S. ALBIVENTEE, Gthr. 



Scales 17. Ventrals 179, subc. 45. Anal bifid. Loreal 

 none. Brown above, white below, subocular spot. 

 Ceylon. 



S. SIGNATUS, Othr. 



Scales 17. Ventrals 149-157, subc. 47-59. Anal entire. 

 Brown, with about 15 white cross-bands, the middle of each 

 wide and pointing forwards. 



S. ciNEREUS, Gthr. 



Scales 17. Ventrals 165. Anal entire. Labials 8 (4 iSs 5). 

 Grey above, white below. 

 Cambodia. 



S. swiNHONis, Othr. 



Scales 17. Ventrals 158-168, subc. 35-39. Anal entire. 

 Eeddish olive with indistinct dark reticulated cross-bands 

 white below. 

 China. 



S. T^NIATUS, Gthr. 



Scales 17. Ventrals 150-166, subc. 30-44. Anal entire. 

 Brownish olive, brown vertebral stripe inclosing a light 

 median line ; black spot on root of tail, another on tip ; belly 

 white with square black spots. 

 Siam. 



S. CRUENTATUS, Theobald. Plate XI, fig. 3. The Coral-tail 



Snake. 



Scales 17. Ventrals about 163, subc. 36. Anal entire 

 or bifid. Olive brown; dark vertebral stripe, sometimes 

 enclosing a lighter stripe ; lateral thin stripe ; belly greenish 

 yellow with square blue-black spots ; subcaudals coral-red 

 with black spot at the root and near the tip. Punctulated 

 head-markings, often not unlike a mask. In the young, 

 there are the superior tail-marks of the preceding species. 

 Common in Burma. 



