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C. CALAMAEIA, Qthr. 



Head scarcely distiact, -with obtuse snout. Ventrals 

 129-138, subc. 50-83. Loreal fused in the long single nasal. 

 Frontals broad and short. Labials 7 (3 and 4). Preocular 

 single. Light olive, with a reticulated pattern formed by a 

 black edge to each scale. This reticulation forms two thick 

 dorsal and two thin lateral lines ; alternate with these are 

 five white lines (on each side). Belly white. Grows to 

 about 12 inches, tail one-fourth. 

 Ceylon and South of India. 



Q. NASALIS, Gthr. 



Ventrals 149, subc. 77. A variety of the preceding, with 

 the preocular divided in two. 



C. MONTicoLA, Cantor. 



Ventrals 125, subc. 44. Brown with yellow collar. 

 A solitary museum specimen. 



Mr. Theobald makes a genus Chlorophis for a Cyclophis 

 with two nasals. 



Chlorophis' Oldhami. Labials 8 increasing, (4 and 5). 

 Uniform bronze-brown. 



ODONTOMUS, D. and B. 

 Body slender, strongly compressed ; head moderate, 

 distinct from the neck. Ventrals above 200, angularly bent 

 at the sides. Scales 13-15 smooth. Head-shields regular; 

 nostrils in a half-divided nasal. Eye moderate. 



O. NYMPHA, Daudin. 



Scales 13, apical groove. Ventrals 234-243, subc. 82-87. 

 Labials 8 (3 and 4). White, with about 38 brown cross- 

 bands. 



South of India. 



O. SEMIFASCIATUS, Othr. 



Scales 13, apical groove. Ventrals 232, subc. 84. Labials 

 7 (3 and 4). White with about 50 broad dark-brown cross- 

 bands. 



