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nearly smooth shield, lower surface covered with broad scales. 

 Vent-shields 1-2. 



Length 16 inches; circumference of the middle of body Ij'^ 

 inch j tail and neck rather thicker. 



Hab. Mountains of Ceylon. Three specimens, found 3 or 4 feet 

 below the surface soil of coffee plantations. 



Genus Uropeltis (part), Cuvier. 



Tail obliquely truncated, flattish, and covered with a flat 

 roundish radiating granular shield, lower edge rounded, the 

 under side of tail with six series of small scales. Gray. 



Uropeltis Saffragamus, n. s., nobis. ^^ogas^ 



Head dark olive-brown, the rest of the upper surface of a 

 blackish brown colour, with bluish bronze reflections; beneath 

 white ; a pale white spot on each side of neck near the head. 

 Tail deeply truncated and nearly covered with a large flat cir- 

 cular blackish granular shield, vv^hite and rounded beneath, and 

 lower part covered with Ave series of small scales, the central 

 series broader than the lateral ones. Vent-shields 1-2. The 

 neck and fore part of the body much thicker. .^ ^ 



, Length 9 inches. ■^.i,i.3 v,- ri- 



Hab. District of Saffragam, near Adam's Peak. ,^i rfc^nh ^v 

 The only specimen of this species which we have as yet seen 

 is one sent to us by Mr. Barnes De Zilva from Ratnapoora. 



Uropeltis grandis, n. s., nobis. 



IT Above dark brown with a bluish metallic lustre, anterior part 

 of each scale Wiih. a blackish spot; beneath of a pale yellow 

 colour, spotted brown on the anterior part of scale. Head of a 

 light olive-brown colour. Tail short, abruptly truncated, the 

 truncated surface entirely covered with a large circular granular 

 shield. Vent-scales 1-2. 



Total length superiorly, 1 foot 7 inches; inferiorly, 1 foot 

 8 inches. Tail-shield nearly the size of a shilUng-piece. Head 8- 

 10 inches in length. Greatest circumference 2| inches near the 

 neck. 



Hab. Southern Province. 



The only specimen we have seen of this very large Rough-tail 

 is one procured by Mr. Balkhuysen of the Colonial Medical Ser- 

 vice, from Kerinday near Matura. 



Uropeltis par daliSf n. s., nobis. 



Head small, dark olive ; upper parts black with beautiful 

 bluish bronze reflections, irregularly spotted white ; beneath yel- 



