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white bands. It differs in having 23 rows of scales. Has 190 scuta? 

 and 60 scutella?. I have mislaid the locality of this species. 

 Coluber Blumekbachii, Schleg. — Buss. 1, pi. 34. 

 Dha?nin, H. ; Sarray paniboo, Tarn. 

 Perhaps the most common snake in India, grows to a large size, 7 

 feet and upwards ; frequents chiefly marshy-land, paddy-fields, &c. 

 Scuta? 200. Scutella? 125 — 17 rows of scales. 



Coluber easciolatus, Shaw. — Russell 1, pi. 21. 

 Scuta? 200. Scutella? 58. Not uncommon at Madras and elsewhere 

 in the Carnatic. I have seen it nearly 3 feet long. 

 Coluber pictus, Daud. Russell 1, pi. 29. 

 Scuta? 202. Scutella? 91— Russ. 



ARBOREAL. 

 Dips as tricjonata — Russell 1, pi. 15. 

 Tati kattaday, Tel. ; Peri Surutay, Tam. 

 Scuta 235. Scutella 83. Common in the Carnatic. 



Dipsas ctnodon ? 

 My specimens correspond very well with the description in Schlegel. 

 Scuta? 240. Scutella? 110. Rows of scales 21. 



Up to — feet and upwards in length. I have only found this snake 

 in forests on the West Coast. 



Leptophis pictus, (G-mel.) — Russ. 1, pi. 

 Kumberi muhar, T. ; Chettooriki pambu, Tam. 

 176 scuta? and 140 scutella? — 15 rows of scales. Very common in 

 all parts of the country. 



Leptophis ? Bellii ? — n. s. 

 Scuta? 173. Scutella? 64. Green above, with dark line on the sides 

 bordered on each side by a pale stripe — 17 rows of scales. This 

 much resembles the drawing of Aha?tula Bellii in Grey and Hard- 

 wicke. I procured one specimen in a grassy plain at Jalnah. It 

 had killed and was swallowing a small Vipera echis. 

 Leptophis ornatus, Shaw. — Russ. 2, pi. 2. 

 Scuta? 209. Scutella? 129—17 rows of scales. I have only pro- 

 cured this very handsome snake lately in Malabar. 

 Leptophis ? nilagiricus ? — n. s. 

 Green above, yellow beneath. Scuta? 140. Scutella? 73—13 rows 

 of scales. Very common on the grassy hills of the Neelgherries. 



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