144 UROPELTID^, 



7. Rhinophis Wythii. 



Rhinophis blytliii, Kplaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. ii. p. 14 (1853) ; 

 Peters, Uropelt. p. 17 (18G1); Pcddome, A?m. Sj- Maq. N. II. (5) 

 xvii. 1886, p. 8 ; Botdcny. Fami. Lid., Rept. ri. 256 (1890). 



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



Rhinophis blvthii, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. hid. p. 186 (1864) ; 

 Theob. CaLRept. Brit. Ind. p. 130 (1876). 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral very slightly compressed, about 

 cue third the length of the shielded part of the head ; frontal longer 

 than broad. Diameter of body 22 to 32 times in the total length. 

 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. Ven- 

 trals only a little larger than the contiguous scales, 148-162 ; 

 subcaudals 4-7. Caudal disk one half or three fifths the length of 

 the shielded part of the head ; some of the distal caudal scales with 

 faint traces of keels. Dark brown ; sides with vertical yeUow spots 

 or a festooned or zigzag band along the anterior half of the body ; 

 a yellow ring round the base of the tail. 



Total length 370 millim. 



Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



a-c. S (V. 156, 148 ; C. 7, Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P.]. 



7) ifc $ (V. 167; C. 4). (Types of M. templetonii.) 



d. Yg. (V. 162; 0. 7). Cevlon. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



e. $ (V. 160; C. 4). Ceylon. 



f^, 5 (V. 156 ; 0. 5) & Punduloya, 4000 E. E. Green, Esq. [P.l. 

 yg. (V. 148; C. 6). feet. 



3. SILYBURA. 



Uropeltis, part., Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 76 (1829). 



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



Siluboura, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 142 (1845). 



Coloburus, Bum. Sf Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 103 (1854). 



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



Crealia, Gray, I. c. p. 264. 



Silybura, Peters, Uropelt. p. 20 (1861) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 189 (1864) ; Beddome, Atm. S,- May. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, 

 p. 10 ; Bouleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 257 (1890). 



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

 mental groove. Tail conical or obliquely truncated, terminating in 

 a small scute which is square at the end or bicuspid, with the 

 points side by side. 



Peninsular India ; one species in Ceylon. 



Si/nojisis of the Sjiecies. 

 I. 19 scales round the middle of the body. 

 A. Upper surface of tail convex. 



198-218 ventrals ; diameter of body 30 



to 40 times in total length 3. grandis, p. 148. 



163-178 ventrals ; diameter of body 23 



to 30 times in total length 8. nigra, p. 151. 



