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292. Rhinophis oxyrhynchus. 



TypHops oxyrhynchus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii, p. 341. 



Rhinophis oxyrhynchus, Hempr. Gnmdr. d. Naturff. p. 119; Dum. 



# Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 156 ; Peters, Uropelt. p. 9, pi. ii, fig. 1 ; 



Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 184 ; Theob. Cat. p. 128 ; Beddome, A. M. 



N. H. (o) xvii, 1886, p. 5. 



Dapatnaya lankadivana, Kelaart, Prodr. ii, p. 16. 

 Mytilia unimaculata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 264, fig. 4. 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral compressed, keeled above, half 

 as long as the shielded part of the head, separating the nasals ; 

 frontal not longer than broad. Diameter of body 37 to 39 times 

 in the total length. 17 to 19 scales round the middle of the body, 

 19 to 21 behind the head. Ventrals only a little larger than the 

 contiguous scales, 217-223; subcaudals 5-7. Caudal disk about 

 as long as the shielded part of the head. Uniform brown, each 

 scale with a lighter margin ; some yellow markings about the tail. 



Total length 17 inches. 



Hob. Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



293. Rhinophis punctatus. 



Rhinophis punctatus, Mull, in Tiedem. Zeitschr. f. Physiol. iv. 1832, 

 p. 248 ; bum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 157 ; Peters, Uropelt. p. 12, 

 pi. ii, fig. 3; Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 184; Jan, Icon. Ophid. p. 48, 

 1. 9, pi. ii, fig. 5 ; Theob. Cat. p. 128 ; Beddome, A. M. N. H. (5) 

 xvii, 1886, p. 6. 



Very closely allied to the preceding ; differs in the more slender 

 body, the diameter of which is contained 47 to 49 times in the 

 total length, in the more numerous ventral s (236-246), and in 

 coloration. Yellowish, each scale with a black spot ; the scales of 

 the series adjoining the vertebral without spot. 



Total length 15 inches. 



Hob. Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



294. Rhinophis planiceps. 



Typhlops philippinus, Cuv. Reyne An. 2nd ed., ii, p. 74. 



Rhmopnis philippinus, Mull, in Tiedem. Zeitschr. f. Physiol. iv, 1832, 



p. 249 ; Dum. $ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 154, pi. lix, fig. 1 ; Peters, 



Uropelt. p. 15 : Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 184 ; Jan, Icon. Ophid. p. 46, 



1. 9, pi. ii, fig. 2. 

 Rhinophis planiceps, Peters, op. cit. p. 17, pi. i, fig 9 ; Theob. Cat. 



p. 129 ; Beddome, A. M. N. H. (5) xvii, 1886, p. 6. 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral obtusely keeled above, about two 

 fifths the length of the shielded part of the head, separating the 

 nasals ; frontal usually longer than broad. Diameter of body 24 

 to 34 times in the total length. 17 scales round the middle of the 

 body, 19 behind the head. Ventrals only a little larger than the 

 contiguous scales, 152-172 ; subcaudals 3-6. Caudal disk about 



