256 



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

 scale with a lighter margin ; sometimes a yellowish blotch near 

 the head or on the anal region. 



Total length 101 inches. 



Hub. Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



295. Rhinophis trevelyanus. 



Ihipatnaya trevelyana, Kelaart, Prodi: ii, p. 17. 



Aiytilia gerrardi, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, pp. 58 & 2(33, pi. xiii. 



Rlrinophis homolepis (Hempr.), Peters, Uropelt. p. 14, pi. ii, tig. '2 ; 



Jan, Icon. Ophid. p. 48, 1. 9, pi. ii. tig. 4. 

 Khinophis trevelyanus. Gil-nth. Eept. B. I. p. 185 ; Theob. Cat. p. 129; 



Beddome, A. M. N. H. (5) xvii, 1886, p. 7. 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral obtusely keeled above, about two 

 fifths the length of the shielded part of the head ; frontal usually 

 longer than broad. Diameter of body 26 to 30 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, 

 1 90-204 ; subcaudals 3-6. Caudal disk as long as the shielded 

 part of the head. Blackish brown above; yellow beneath, each 

 scale with a black spot ; a series of triangular yellow spots along 

 each side of the body. 



Total length 11 inches. 



Hob. Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



296. Rhinophis sanguineus. 



Khinophis sanguineus, Beddome, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 227 ; GiintJi. Rept. 



B. I. p. 186, pi. xvii, fig. A ; Theob. Cat. p. 130; Beddome, A. M. 



N. H. (S) xvii, 1886, p. 8. 

 Rhinophis microlepis, Beddome, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 227, pi. xxvi, fig. 2. 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral obtusely keeled above, about one 

 third the length of the shielded part of the head ; frontal longer 

 than broad. Diameter of body 30-38 times in the total length. 

 15 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. 

 Ventrals nearly twice as large as the contiguous scales, 182-214 ; 

 subcaudals 5-10. Caudal disk as long as the shielded part of the 

 head ; subcaudal and praeanal scales pluricarinate in the male. 

 Bluish black above, with or without small light spots ; belly and 

 three or four outer series of scales bright red spotted with black ; 

 caudal shield black, with a red band on each side and sometimes a 

 median one. 



Total length 16 inches. 



Hab. Western Ghats of Southern India (Wynaad 3000-4000 

 feet, forests near Palghat, Anaimalais, Tinnevelly, and Travancore 

 Ghats). 



297. Rhinophis blythii. 



Rhinophis blythii, Kelaart, Prodi: ii, p. 14 ; Peters, Uropelt. p. 17 ; 

 Beddome, A. M. N. H. (5) xvii, 1886, p. 8. 



