140 UROPELTID^, 



a. (S (V. 139 ; C. G). Kerinday, near Dr. Kelaart. (IVpe of 



Matura. U. (jrandis.) 



i. Ilgr. (V. 129j C. 0). Matura. Dr. Kelaart. (Type of 



U. jMrdalis.^ 



c. 2 (V. ]42; C. 0). Kandy. Col. Yerbury [ P.]. 



d. Hgr. (V. 147 ; C. 9). Ceylon. Sir A. Smith \ P.l 



e. Hgr. (V. 139; C. G). Ceylon. Col. BeddomeTC.l. 

 /. 6 (V. 142 ; C. 9). Ceylon. 



2. RHINOPHIS. 



Bhinophis, Hemprich, Grundr. d. Naturg. p. 119 (1820) ; Midler, 

 Zeitschr. f. Fhysiol. iv. 1832, p. 248 ; Gray, Cat. Xiz. p. 141 

 (1845); Dum. <^ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 153 (1851); Peters, 

 Uropelt. p. 9 (1861) ; Gimth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 1»3 (1864) ; 

 Beddome, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 5 ; Bouleng. Faun. 

 Ind., Bept. p. 254 (1890). 



Pseudo-Typhlops, part., Schleg. Ahbild. p. 40 (1844). 



Dapatnaya, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zegl. ii. p. 16 (1853). 



Mytilia, part., Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 263. 



Eye in the ocular shield ; no supraocular, no temporal. No 

 mental groove. Tail ending in a large convex rugose shield, which 

 is neither truncated nor spinose at the end. 



In all the species the nasals are separated by the rostral. 



Ceylon and Southern India. 



Synojjsis of the S^jecies. 



I. Caudal shield as long as or a little shorter than the shielded part 



of the head. 



A. Rostral strongly keeled, half as long as the shielded part of 



the head ; 17 or 19 scales round the middle of the body. 

 Diameter of the body 37 to 40 times in 



the total length ; ventrals 217-223 . . 1. oxiirJiinus, p. 141. 

 Diameter of the body 47 to 49 times in 



the total length ; ventrals 236-246 . . 2. pui'ciatus, p. 141. 



B. Rostral about two fifths the length of the shielded part of the 



head ; 17 scales round the middle of the body. 



Ventrals 153-172 3. planiceps, p. 141. 



Ventrals 190-204 4. trevelya.ms, p. 142. 



C. Rostral one third the length of the shielded part oi the head, 



15 scales round the middle of the body ; 



ventrals 182-214 5. sanguineus, p. 143. 



17 scales round the middle of the body ; 



ventrals 146 6. travancoricus, p. 143, 



II. Caudal shield much shorter than the shielded part of the head. 



7. hlythli, p. 144. 



