288 colubridte, 



fourth entering the eye, iirst smallest, sixth largest ; 4 lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; postei'ior chin- 

 shields small. Scales in 13 rows, Yeutruls 127-150; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 19-29. Blackish brown above and below, 

 the lateral scales and the ventrals edged ^ith lighter. 



Total length 16-5 inches ; tail 1*65. 



Hah. Khiisi Hills. 



Genus ASPIDURA, 

 Waylcr, Syst. Amph. p. liJl, 1830. 



Maxillary teeth about 20, small, equal ; posterior muudibular 

 teeth a little shorter than the anterior. Head not distinct from 

 ueck ; eye small, with round pupil ; nostril between two a ery small 



Fig. 'Ji3. — Head of Aspldnra hravhi/urrh 



'ID. 



nasals and the Iirst labial ; no loreal ; a single internasal : pr;e- 

 ocular present or absent. Body cylindrical; scales smooth, 

 w ithout apical pits, in 15 or 17 rows ; tail short ; subcaudals simple. 

 Distribution, Ceylon. 



h>yno])sis of the /Sjiecics. 



A. Scales in 17 rows. 



a. Both postoculais in contact witli paiietal : 

 ventrals 12o-lo0. 

 «'. Apraiocular; supraocnlav niurc than 



half leuytli of frontal .1. I>ravlnjurrh(>,<, p. 289. 



h' . No ])Keocular ; supraocular nut half 



length of frontal A. (ajtii, ]). 289. 



d. Only upper postocular in contact with 



parietal; ventrals 106-111 A. yuetitheri, p. 1^90. 



B. Scales in 15 rows A. tracliyin-octa, ]). 200. 



