m 



28. xTLOPHis. 303 



lower labials in contact with thu chin-shields, of which there is 

 but one large pair. Scales in lo rows. Ventrals 155-193; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 50-08. Reddish brown above ; upper lip and 

 lower parts yellowish ; young with a yellow band across the nape. 



Total length 550 millim. ; tail 95 . 



Philippine Islands. 



rt. 2 (V. 169; C. o3). Philippines. 11. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(One of the types of R. lepnrinani.) 



b. Yg. (V. 155; 0. Q>2). Philippines. 11. Cuming, Esq. 



c. $ (V. 177 ; C. 56). Diuagat Island. A. Everett, Esq. 



2. Oxyrhabdium leporinum. (Plvte XIX. fig. 4.) 



Rhabdosoma loporinum, part., Gilnth. Cat. p. 12 (1858). 

 Steuognathus brevirostris, Peters, Mon. Bed. Ac. 1872, p. 580. 



modestus, part., Gilnth. Froc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 169. 



Rhabdosoma modestum, part., Gilnth. Froc. Zool. Soc. 1879, p. 77. 

 Geophis brevirostris, Boettg. Ber. Senckcnb. Ges. 18S6, p. 106. 



Distinguished from the preceding in the following points : — 

 Suture between the internasals half as long as that between the 

 praefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, two thirds the length 

 of the parietals, rather more than twice as broad as the su])raocular ; 

 seven upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye. Ventrals 

 109-180 ; subcaudals 43-51. Blackish brown above ; upper lip 

 and bellly yellowish ; lower surface of tail brownish. 



Total length 820 millim. ; tail 105. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. ? (V. 169; C. 43). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(One of the t^^pes.) 



b. 2 (V. 180; C. 45). Luzon. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



28. XYLOPHIS. 



Platypter^x {turn Lasp.), Dum. i^i* Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 500 (1854) ; 



Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Fhys. ii. 1862, p. 19. 

 Rhabdosoma, part., Gilnth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 10 (1858). 

 Geophis, part., Gilnth. Rejit. Brit. Ind. p. 200 (1864). 

 Xvlophis, Beddome, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 576 ; Bouleng. Faun. 



^Ind., Rept. p. 283 (1890). 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 25, small, equal ; mandibular teeth equal. 

 Head not distinct from neck ; eye small, with round pupil ; nostril 

 pierced between two small nasals ; internasals small ; no pra-ocular, 

 loreal and prajfrontal entering the eye. Eody cylindrical : scales 

 smootli, in 13 or 15 rows, without apical pits ; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail short, subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed 

 throughout the vertebral column. 



Southern India. 



