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Show 188 DR. J. ANDERSON ON INDIAN REPTILES. [Feb. 21, Both have a white collar ; and in both the white spots are more or less bifid on the sides : in the Agra specimen they are resolved into a white vertebral line on the posterior half of the body. The white of the upper parts in life is bright yellow, fading rapidly to white in spirit; and the collar is bright canary-yellow, brighter than the rest of the colouring. This species is another instance of how the Central and South Indian fauna stretches upwards to the north-west, even so far as Lahore. LEPTORHYTAON JARA, Shaw ; Gthr. I. c. p. 321. Hab. Garo Hills. PAREAS MONTICOLA, Cantor ; Gthr. I.e. p. 327. Total length 22£, tail 3 | inches ; ventrals 192, caudals 70. This specimen differs from Giinther's description in no lower labials entering the orbit, from which they are excluded by the lower anterior and posterior oculars. The latter is a very long curved linear shield, forming the under margin of the orbit. The upper extremity of the fourth labial comes in between the two shields, but is excluded from the orbit by them. I have noticed a similar character in a specimen from Cherra Poongi, which had also the anterior pair of chin-shields almost confluent. Darjeeling, 2250 feet. Blyth's "Dipsas monticola, Cantor," J. A. S. vol. xxiii. p. 294, alluded to by Giinther in his ' Reptiles of India,' p. 327, is Cyclopias freenatus, Gthr., from Assam. The only observable difference between the specimen in this Museum and that described by Gunther is, that the anterior frontals are more than half the size of the posterior. It agrees, however, with the description in every other particular except that the ventrals are 158 instead of 165, and the caudals 106 instead of 95. The only other specimens of this species are from Afghanistan, Mesopotamia, and Khasi Hills. ERYX JOHNII, Russell; Gthr. I.e. p. 334. This is a very common species in the North-west Provinces, and indeed over the dry country of North-western India. Hab. Agra. OPHIOPHAGUS ELATS, Schleg.; Gthr. I. c. p. 341. Length of specimen 8 ft. 2 in. ; ventrals 243, caudals 85. This Snake does not appear to be uncommon in Sikkim and Assam, and is of not unfrequent occurrence in Burmah. The largest specimen that has come under m y observation is one, in length 11 ft. 9f in., from Debrooghur, Assam ; but it is a stretched skin. This specimen in life was 10 feet long. After having been pierced with a spear, and the spear had been removed, it became as lively as ever, and kept up a running fight for 30 or 40 yards. In |