1. T7ROPELTI8. 139 



Terminal caudal scute small, square at the eud or bicuspid, the 

 points side by side 3. Silybura, p. 144. 



Tail compressed, the terminal scute with two su])erposed, single or 

 bifid p.oints 4. Pseudoplectrurus, p. 100. 



2. A. supraocular shield o. Plectrurus, p. 100. 



B. A mental groove 0. Melanophidium, p. 103. 



II. Eye distinct from the surrounding shields ; a temporal shield 

 sepa)"ates the fourth labial from the parietal. 



7. Platyplectrurus, p. 105. 



1. UEOPELTIS. 



Uropeltifl, part., Cuv. R. A. 2ud ed. ii. p. 76 (1829). 



Uropeltis, Miiller, Zeitsckr.f. Physiol, iv. 1832, p. 202; Gray, Cat. 



Liz. p.' 141 (1845); Bum. S>- Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 160 (1854); 



Peters, JJropelt. p. 19 (1801) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 188 



(1864); Beddome, Ann. cij- Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 188G, p. 9; 



Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 253 (1890). 

 Pseudo-TypKlops, part., Schleg. Ahhild. p. 40 (1844). 



Eye in the ooular shield ; no supraocular, no temporal shields. 

 No mental groove. Tail obKquely truncated, ending in a large, 

 circular or oval, flat shield. 



Ceylon. 



1. Uropeltis grandis. 



- 7 - . , - r X — . yoy- 



Favorite, v. Zool. p. 66, pi. xxvi. (1839) ; Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 141 

 (1845) ; Dt/m. ^- Bibr. vii. p. 161, pi. lix. fig. 2 (1854) ; Peters, 

 Uropelt. p. 20 (1861) ; Jan, Icon. Gen. p. 46, 1. 9, pi. ii. fig. 1 

 (1865). 

 Pseudo-Typhlcips philippinus, Schley. Abbild. p. 44 (1844). 



N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 9 ; Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 254, tig. 



(1890). 



satfracamus, Kelaart, I. c. p. 15. 



pardalis, Kelaart, I. c. p. 16 ; Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 263. 



Snout acutely pointed : rostral convex, much produced posteriorly, 

 nearly as long as the frontal ; nasals forming a suture behind the 

 rostral. Diameter of body about one twentieth of the total length. 

 19 scales round the middle of the body, 23 behind the head. 

 Ventrals not twice as large as the contiguous scales, 129-147 ; sub- 

 cauflals 6-9. Caudal disk longer than the shielded part of the head. 

 Dark brown or blackish above, with or without yellow spots ; yellow 

 beneath, with or without dark brown spots. 



Total length 400 millim. 



Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



