256 irR0PELTIDJ3. 



as loug as the shielded part of the head. Uuit'orm brown, each 

 scale Mith a lighter margiu ; sometimes a yello\Aish blotch uear 

 the head or on llie anal region. 



Total length l(>i inches. 



Hah. Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



295. Rhinopliis trevelyanus. 



l);i]);it)i;iyH trevelyaua, Kelaart, Prodr. \i, p. 17. 



MytiUa j^errurdi, Onii/, P. Z. 6'. 1858, ])p. 58 <^ 203, pi. xiii. 



llbiuopliis homolepis {Hempr.), Peters, UropcU. ]). 14, pi. ii, fig. 2; 



Jan, Icon. Ophiil. p. 48, 1. '.), pi. ii. %. 4. 

 Rhiijophis trevelyanus. Giinth. Eept. B. I. p. 185 ; Theoh. Cut. p. 129; 



Beddonte, A. M. N. H. (5) xvii, 1880, p. 7. 



Snout acutely poiuted ; rostral obtusely keeled above, about two 

 fifths the lengtli 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. A'^entrals only a little larger than the contiguous scales, 

 1 90-204 ; subcaudals 3-6, Caudal dislv 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. 



Hah. Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



296. Rhinophis sanguineus. 



lUiinophis sanguineus, Beddoine, P. Z, S. 1863, p. 227 ; Giinth. Rept. 



B. I. p. 186, pi. xvii, fig. A ; Theoh. Cat. p. 130 ; Beddorne, A. M. 



N. H. (5) xvii, 1880, p. 8. 

 Rhinopliis microlepis, Beddorne, P. Z. *S'. 1863, p. 227, pi. xxvi,tig. 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 loug as the shielded part of the 

 head ; subcaudal and pra\anal scales pluricarinate in tlie male. 

 Bluish black above, with or vvitliout small light spots ; belly and 

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

 caudal shield blacl<, w ith a red baud on each side and sometimes a 

 median one. 



Total length 16 inches. 



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

 feet, forests near Palghtit, Anaimalais, Tinnevelly, and Travaucore 

 Ghats). 



297. Ehinophis l)lythii. 



Rhinophis blytliii, Kelaart, Prodr. ii, p. 14 ; Peters, TJropelt. p. 17 ; 

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



