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North. Western Himalayas, which from its long snout ought to be 

 placed among the Dryophida ; but the scales are not lengthened, it 

 has the coloration of a young Compsosoma, and the tail is short, 

 with few sub-caudals. The specimen unfortunately is not in very 

 good order, and I do not like to name it at present. The head is 

 somewhat depressed, with a long-pointed snout, very distinct from 

 the neck ; eye of moderate size ; body not compressed ; nostril 

 much higher than broad, extending on the upper surface of the 

 snout ; anterior parietals only a little smaller than the posterior ; 

 nostril in one long nasal, faintly grooved ; one loreal rather larger 

 than high ; two preoculars, the lower one touching 3 upper labials, 

 and two postoculars ; temporals 2 -|- 2 -[- 3, or the first upper one 

 divided into two ; 8 upper labials, 5th and the edge of the 6th 

 enter orbit; 19 rows of smooth scales ; 175 ventral scutse and 44 

 pairs of sub-caudals. The second pair of chin shields is the largest 

 and ridged externally. Length of specimen, 12£ inches, the tail 

 being If. 



I obtained another very remarkable snake quite recently on the 

 Khasi hills, which does not agree with any recorded genus (to de- 

 scription of which I have access), and the family to which it belongs 

 is also doubtful. It has a blunt head, very distinct from the thin 

 neck ; long, rather compressed body, and long tail ; its scales are 

 very numerous, not imbricated (as in some of the ITomalopsidce), and 

 the shields of the head are short, and do not cover the occiput, but 

 the nostrils appear to be lateral. 



I propose calling the genus after our accomplished and able 

 Secretary in the Natural History Department, Dr. F. Stoliczka, 

 and the species — 



Stoliczkia Khasiensis. — It has two pairs of frontals, the first pair 

 very small and from the state of the specimen rather difficult to 

 notice ; the second one very large. The rostrum is slightly injured, 

 but the nostrils appear to be lateral, though placed rather in front, 

 and apparently surrounded by a slightly swollen edge ; the vertical 

 is very short, broader than long ; the supraorbitals rather small ; one 

 large preocular ; 2 postoculars ; no large temporals, small scales 

 like those of the body immediately following the postocular ; 8 

 upper labials, 5th and 6th entering the orbit, the last very long ; 



