126 W. T. Blanford—Wotes on a collection of Reptiles [No. 8, 
The post-frontals are united into one shield, and there are three supple- 
mentary shields behind the post-frontal, as in the Persian form, (Hastern 
Persia, II, p. 412,) and not four as is usual in Indian specimens. There 
are 11 upper labials on one side, and 12 on the other. Ventrals 239 ; anal 
undivided ; subeaudals in 110 pairs. 
The whole upper surface of the head is black, the colour extending in 
part to the labials, the remainder of the body is pale sandy in spirit, almost 
eream-coloured, pinkish anteriorly on the back, and dotted here and there 
with black spots, which are quite irregular both in size and distribution : 
(see Stoliczka, P. A. S. B., 1872, p. 82.) In life, as I learn from Major 
St. John, the lower parts were bright salmon pink. 
15. TrRoprponorus QguincuncraTUS. <A single young individual is 
sent, only 12 inches long. Uniformly coloured above olive-grey in spirits, 
white below; even the characteristic black marks from the eye to the 
labials are wanting, although the posterior band is indicated by a faint 
dusky line. 
16. PsamMmoputs conpanarus. The single specimen sent appears 
to approach the Sind form in some respects, and especially in having the 
nostril between two shields (Stoliczka, P. A. 8. B., 1872, p. 83). But I 
find in a Sind specimen that the nostril is much smaller, the orifice being 
diminished by a valvular prolongation of the upper portion of the post- 
nasal. This form leads again to P. leith, in which, as I have shewn, 
(Eastern Persia, II, p. 421,) there appear to be two post-nasals. 
In the Ajmere specimen the principal marking consists of 4 longitudi- 
nal equidistant dark-brown, almost black bands, two on the back and one 
on each side, extending from head to tail ; the two upper bands coalescing on 
the tail. The bands are equal in breadth to the interspaces. ‘The speci- 
men is young ; it measures only 28 inches, the tail being imperfect. 
17. Dipsas TRIGonaTA. A small specimen only 157 inches long, of 
which the tail is but 25. The colouration consists of rather irregular 
white, black-edged patches, having a tendency to form transverse lines on 
the back. Ventrals 215. The tail is slightly imperfect, but only a very 
small portion can be missing. i 
In young specimens of this snake, at all events, the tail does not 
always amount to a fourth of the length. I find notes of two specimens 
from the neighbourhood of Ellore, measuring respectively 15¢ and 23} 
inches, with tails 8 and 44 inches long, or rather less than one-fifth in each 
case. In the Ajmere specimen the tail is even shorter, about one-seventh. 
This snake was captured amongst stones, and had swallowed a young 
Calotes versicolor. 
