382 DIPSADID^. 



Psammophis condanarus, Merr. Tent. p. 108 ; Blyth, Jcntrn. Asr 

 Soc. Beng. ] 855, xxiii. p. 293 ; Gunth. Rep. Br. Ind. p. 291 ; Theob^ 

 Hep. Br, Ind. p. 187j Murray, Hdhh., Zool., Sfa., Bind, p. 261. Psaru' 

 mophis iudicus, Beddome, Mad. Quart. Journ. Med. Sci. vol. v. 



Body and tail slender, rather compressed. Pupil roand. Rostral as 

 high as broad. Anterior frontals small, sub-triangular, with the 

 front obliquely truncated, and as long as broad. Posterior frontals rather 

 longer than broad, rounded behind. Vertical narrow, as long as the 

 occipitals. Nostrils in the middle, between two shields. Lorea] quad- 

 rangular, twice as long as high. One prse-ocular not reaching to the 

 vertical. Two post-oculars. Eight upper labials, the fourth and fifth 

 entering the orbit. Temporals 1-1-3+3. Scales lanceolate, in seventeen 

 rows. Anal bifid. 



Back brown, or isabelline brown, with a dark or brownish stripe 

 along each side from head to tail, and a broader stripe, much darker 

 on either side of the belly, which is yellowish. Head uniform dark 

 brown above. A yellow black-edged streak from the rostral along 

 the canthus rostralis, above the orbit to the neck ; a second along 

 the upper half of the labial shields. 



Sab. — Sind (Jacobabad) the Punjab, N. W. Provinces, Pegu, and 

 NuUay Mullay Hills in the Kurnool district. Grows to 40 inches ; 

 tail 8'5 inches. 



Psammophis Leithii, Ounther, P. Z. 8. 1869, p. 505, pi. 39; 

 Stol. J. A. S. B. 1871, part ii. p. 489 ; Theob, Rep. Br. Ind. p. 188 ; 

 Murray, Hdbk., Zool., 8fc., 8ind, p. 260. 



General characters of Condanarus. Prse-frontals small; post-frontals 

 longer than broad. Eight upper labials, the fourth and fifth entering 

 the orbit. One prce-ocular reaching the vertical. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Anal entire. Colour light reddish olive, with four brown black-edged 

 longitudinal bands, the dorsal ones running to the end of the snout; 

 a narrow brown median one along the vertical shield and occipital 

 suture. Belly and lower half of the last row of scales white. 



Hab. — Sind, Beloochistan, Persia, Afghanistan, Punjab and North 

 West Provinces. Attains to 48 inches. 



Family, DIPSADID^. 



DlPSADES. 



Body much compressed, elongate. Head short, generally broaiJ 

 behind, sub-triangalar. Eye large ; pupil vertical. Nostril lateral. Lower 

 jaw with a mental groove. Scales generally smooth. Maxillary bone 

 and teeth well developed. A grooved fang behind. 



Bipsas, Auct. 



Body and tail generally compressed, elongate. Head much depressed,, 

 triangular, broad behind, very distinct from neck. Loreal present. One 

 prse and two post-oculars. Nostril between two shields. Head shields 



