34. BLYXHIA. 313 



4. Aspidura trachyprocta. 



AspicUira brachyoirhos, part., (iibitli. Cat. ]>. 14(1858). 



trachyprocta, Cope, I'roc. Ac. Philad. 18G0, p. 75 ; Gi'nith. 



Rent. Brit. Lid. p. !'(«, pi. xviii. tijr. F {18b'4) ; Theob. Cat. licpf. 



Brit. Lid. p. 143 (1^7(5); Boulciw. Faiiii. Lid., Bept. p. 290 



(1890). 

 scytale, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. PJnjs. ii. 180L*, p. 20, and 



Icon. Gen. 1;J, pi. ii. ligs. 1-3 (1805). 



Kostral small, deeper than broad, not visible from above ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, about two thirds 

 the length of theparietals ; supraoculars more than half the length 

 of the frontal ; praifrontals in contact with the eye and with the 

 second and third upper labials, separated from the fourth by a small 

 pra-ocular ; two postoculars, lower largest, both in contact with the 

 parietal; temporals \-\-'l; six upper labials, first and second very 

 small, sixth largest, fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields small 

 and scale-like. Scales in 15 rows, tubercularly keeled on the anal 

 and caudal regions. Vcntrals 120-147 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 

 13-25. Bi'own or blackish above, with longitudinal scries of small 

 darker spots and a dark lateral streak, which are more distinct in 

 the young ; lower surface blackish, or yellowish spotted with black. 



Total length 4u0 millim. ; tail 30. 



Ceylon. 



a, b. c? (V. 139 ; C. 24) .t $ Cevlon. Dr. Kelaart. 



(V. 140 ; C. 16). 

 r, d. Many specs. : c? (V. 137, Ceylon. 



138, 136, 125 ; C. 23, 25, 21, 



23), 2 (V. 128, 127, 125; C. 



18, 15, 17), & vg. (V. 144, 139, 



141,135, 120; C. 15, 14, 22, 



23,24). 

 e,f. 2 (V. 139, 142; C. 13, 11). Cevlon. 



f-ff. d (V. 144, 139 ; C. 24, 24). CeVlon. B. H. Barnes, Esq. [P.]. 

 h. Yg. (V. 147 ; C. 23). Ceylou. G. U.K. Thwaites, Esq. 



34. BLYTHIA. 



Blythia, Theobald, Cat. B/'pt. As. Soc. Mus. p. 44 (1868) ; Bouleng. 

 Faun, hid., Bept. p. 287 (1890). 



Maxillary teeth about 20, subequal ; posterior mandibular teeth 

 much shorter than the anterior. Head not distinct from neck ; eye 

 small, with vertically subelliptic pupil : nostril between two small 

 nasals and the first labial ; no loreal or prfeocular. Body cylin- 

 drical; scales smooth, in 13 rows, without apical pits; ventrals 

 rounded. Tail short, subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses 

 developed throughout the vertebral column. 



Kliasi Hills, N. India. 



