1853.] Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. 523 



Sub-Earn. NAJINJE.— Bon. 



Hamad etas ophiophagus — Cantor ? 

 Naia yittata — Elliot ? 

 I once had a magnificent snake of this genus sent me, which had 

 been killed in forest in the Wyraad. It was 12^ feet long. Scuta? 

 225. Sub-caudal do. 12. Scutella? 64. 



I am inclined to think that it may be a different species from the 

 Bengal serpent, for it was of an uniform dark olive colour above, 

 without any appearance of bands. The specimen was unfortunately 

 destroyed.* 



Naia ltttescens — Euss. 1, pi. 6. Cobra. 

 Naga pambtj, or Nella pambtj — Tarn. But too common 

 all over India. 



Sub-Earn. VIPEKIJNLE,— Bon. 

 Trigonocephaly kepa — Laur. 

 Cophias htpnale — Morrem. 

 Scuta? 142. Scutella? 39. 17 rows of scales. Not uncommon in 

 forests in Malabar. I have not seen it longer than 16 or 17 inches. 



Tbigonocephaltts Elliotti — n. s. 

 Eorm massive ; 23 rows of scales on the body ; Scuta? 151, Scu- 

 tellse 43. Olive-green above ; pearl-white beneath ; poison-fangs 

 small ; head covered with plates. Up to 2 feet and upwards long. 

 I have only procured this on the Neelgherries towards the lower 

 portion of the plateau. Dr. Cantor tells me that " the shields of 

 the crown of the head resemble those of Trig, blanchoffi, Schlegel. 



Trigonocephaly (cophias) yibijdis — Merrem. Buss. 

 1, pi. 9. 

 21 rows of scales, 154 Scuta?, 60 Scutellse. Bare, I have only got 

 it from the Eastern Ghats. 



Trigonocephaly (cophias) malabaeicus — n. s. ? 

 Very closely allied to T. nigromarginatus. Has 21 rows of smooth 

 scales. Scuta? 145 to 149. Scutella? 48 to 53. Green above, with 

 brown transverse and zigzag markings. Up to 2 feet long nearly. 

 Not uncommon in all the forests of the West Coast. 



* One, 9 ft. long, which I procured about 20 miles S. of Calcutta, and now in 

 the Society's Museum, is banded throughout. Sankarachur and Shatt/ia-mnti, 

 Beng. Cur, As. Soc. 



