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G. OXYCEPHALUM, Boie. 



Scales 25, elongate, with a pair of apical grooves. Ven- 

 trals 236-263, subc. 138-149. Labials about 11 (2). Green, 

 paler below ; dark labial line ; tail brown, with yellow 

 anterior rinof. Leno^th 5-7 feet. 

 Tenasserim and the Straits. 



G. GRAMINEUM, GtJl7\ 



Scales 19, with apical grooves. Ventrals 203, subc. 100. 

 Labials 9 (4, 5 and 6). Green, paler below ; tail reddish. I 

 have a specimen, source unknown, corresponding closely to 

 the type description. The only material difference is that 

 the anal is single. Ventrals 208, subc. 105. Length 14 

 inches. 



Khasya hills. 



G. FRiENATUM, Gray. 



Scales 19, the dorsals faintly keeled. Ventrals 203, 

 subc. 120. No loreal. Green, paler below, black labial 

 stripe. 



Khasya hills. A solitary specimen. 



PHYLLOPHIS. 



Body and tail elongate, much compressed. Head-shields 

 normal ; two preoculars ; oiasal single, nostril in the centre. 

 Scales 23, keeled, Ventrals above 200. 



P. CARINATUS, Gthr. 



Ventrals 223, subc. 97. Greenish olive; dark nuchal 

 spots, and vertebral dots, whitish below. 

 China ; rare. 



DENDEOPHIS, Boie. 



Body and tail very elongate, slender, compressed. Eye 

 larcre. Head-shields reojular. Scales 13-15, smooth, imbri- 

 cate, the vertebral scries large, polygonal. Ventrals nearly 

 square at the keels. 



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