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14 HAPLOCERCUS CEYLONENSIS. 



Light brown or blackish, at times dull red. Black, a ver- 

 tebral line, a lateral series of small black spots, edge of nuchal 

 band. Yellowish, an oblique nuchal band. 



15 Lycodon axjlicus. 



Brownish gray. 



15 and 17 Lycodon aulicus and Hydrophobic 



NYMPHA. 



Rounded broad brown bands alternate with narrow white 

 ones on the anterior part of the body. In some specimens 

 of 15, and in all of 17, they are reticulated with brown. 



19 Ablabes calamaria. 



Brownish gray. Black, edges of scales each side of back, 

 forming small irregular spots, more or less confluent poster- 

 iorly. Brown, two minute streaks at base of each scale. 



23 Oligodon subgriseus. 



Light brown. Black, edges of head bands and numerous 

 irregular cross-streaks formed by the edges of some of the 

 scales. Brown, prae-ocular, occipital, and nuchal bands. 

 White, a vertebral and two lateral lines. 



24 Zamenis mucosus. 



Belly at times brilliant yellow. Light brownish olive, 

 darker on margins of scales. Black, margins of scales pos- 

 teriorly, forming reticulations. Blackish, margins of head 

 shields. 



25 Zamenis fasciolatus. 



Brownish olive. Mixed black, brown, and white, cross 

 bars on anterior half of body. 



