398 SPOLIA ZEYLANICA. 
ASPIDURA GUENTHERI Ferguson. 
Nine specimens were collected from Anasigalla, details of 
which are shown below :— 






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Sept. 18 |g |140, 17| 17) 17; 105) 28) Gravid. Two small eggs 

| {alta | | | in abdomen. 
2 oO 07. 07) 7 OSiee 21 = 
Sept. 18 Q [145] 17) 17) 17| 115] 21) An earthworm in stomach. 
Second subcaudal divided. 


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Do. 63) 17 4 17) 108 29 a 
Do. |g| 69) 17 u 17] 106] 25 a 
Do 63 17| 17| 17| 1041 26 s 




The gravid 2 may have been killed between July and 
September, but the label was unfortunately detached. The 
last five specimens were all found together, and evidently 
constitute a brood just hatched or born. This is the most 
diminutive of all the Colubrine species known to me, being 
mature as shown by the gravid 9, when only 127 mm. (5 
inches) long. All the other four species of the genus are 
up-country snakes. 
