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streak ; spots on dorsal bands. White, a series of ovate dorsal 

 spots, and a wavy band each side of them. 



Section H. 



Belly white, marbled with black. 



11 ASPIDURA COPII. 

 Brownish, stippled with black. Black, a series of paired 

 lateral spots, transverse spot behind angle of mouth, margin of 

 each labial. Reddish, anterior and posterior margins of spots. 



13 ASPIDURA TRACHYPROCTA.* 

 Brown. Darker brown, four or five series of spots or lines, 

 which may be entirely absent ; a band along each side of tail. 



40 Cerberus rhyncops. 

 Belly with numerous confluent black blotches. Blackish. 

 Ash, darker cross bars. Yellowish, two or three outer series 

 of scales forming bands. 



Section J. 



Belly with black bands anteriorly, becoming darker 

 posteriorly. 



45 Naia tripudians. 

 Very variable ; black, brown, or dirty white. The spectacle 

 marks on hood appear always to be present in Ceylon 

 specimens. 



Section K. 



Belly of a dark tint different from the rest of the body. 



12 ASPIDURA GUENTHERI. 

 Belly slate colour. Shining metallic olive brown. Darker, 

 three rows of indistinct spots. White, some irregular spots, 

 spots behind eye, sometimes a collar. 



32 Tropidonotus plumbicolor (young). For adult 

 see Section A. 



Belly dusky. Pearly gray. Black, transverse bands. 

 White, a collar. 



* Some varieties almost uniform blackish, the marbling on the belly 

 covering- the whole surface. Very like 12, section K. 



