SEA SHAKES m THE INDIAN MUSEUM. 



291 



15. DlSTIRA CYANOCINCTA (Daud.). 



Distira cyanocincta, Blgr. Cat. Snakes Brit. Mas., Vol. Ill, p. 294. 



,, „ Selater, List Snakes Lnd.Mus., 1891, p. 65, Nos. 8247 & 8248. 



,, ,, Wall in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903, p. 96. 



„ lapemidoides, Selater, List Snakes Ind. Mas., 189 1, p. 66, Nos. 8278, 8632. 



,, tuberculata Selater, List Snakes Lid. Mus., 1 891, p. 65, No. 8271. 

 Hydrophis tuberculata, Anders, in Joum. As. Soe. Bengal, 187 1, pt. 2, p. 18. 

 ,, dayanus, Stoliczka in Proc. As. Soe. Bengal, 1872, p. 89. 





Variety. 



Habitat. 



Donor. 



Scales. 





Museum 

 No. 



!/5 



OO 



33 -d 



■ rt 

 en 4) 



• -c.S 

 9 <u 



& J3 



H 



O 



•a 

 IB 



en 



fco 



'. -S3 

 <v 



<n a 



^ > 



<D ID 



H 



Ventrals. 



3H 



D 



? 



? 



33 



42 



43 



354 



824.7 



B 



Hugli River 



H. L. Haughton 



3i 



40 



38 



313? 



8248 



A 



? 



? 



... 2 9 



. 36 



37 



325 



8271 



B 



Calcutta ... 



J. F. Galiffe (Type of 

 Hydrophis tubercu- 

 lata, Anderson). 



32 



40 



39 



332 



8278 



... 



Karachi ... 



F. Stoliczka (Type of 



Hydrophis dayanus, 

 Stoliczka). 



33 



3, 



40 



342 



8632 



... 



Persian Gulf 



Blanford... 



33 



41? 



40 



330 



13664 



A 



Howrah ... 



R.D.Murray 



32 



38 



39 





14475 



B 



Puri 



J. L. Hendley 



33 



42 



41 



365 



U476 i 



B 



,, ... ... 



i> ?> 



30 



37 



37 ' 



357 " 



14486 



A 



91 ... ... 



)1 J! 



28 



33 



37 



3 l8 



Rostral, — portion seen from above half, or more than half the suture between the 

 nasals. Prcefrontals touch the 2nd supralabial (without exception in 28. specimens). 

 Frontal, — parietal sutures longest but not twice prefrontals. Temporals, — two (some- 

 times three; anterior. One large succeeded by two small scales in contact with the 

 parietals. Marginals, — a complete row border the lip, after the 2nd infralabial. Infra- 

 labials, — five. Suture between first variable, usually subequal to the suture between the 

 anterior sublinguals, sometimes less, rarely greater. The 4th is the longest of the .series 



