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REPTILES. 



Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 511. Brachyorrhos Kuhlii, (Boie) Wuyl. Syst. 

 p. 190. Atractus trilineatus, Wayl. Isis, 1828, t. 10. f. 1-4. 

 Calamaria brachyorrhos, Schlegel, Ess. ii. pi. 1. f. 21-23. 



Above brownish, beneath whitish. 



a. Adult. Timor. From the Leyden Museum. 



8. Aspidura, Wayler. 



Body moderate ; tail tapering, sometimes moderate, some- 

 times stouter ; two posterior frontals, one single anterior ; two 

 very small nasals ; loreal none, united with the frontal ; one 

 anterior ocular (sometimes united with frontal), two posterior 

 ones. Scales smooth, rounded behind, in fifteen or seventeen 

 rows; anal and subcaudals entire. Teeth equal, smooth. Cey- 

 lon. 



Aspidura, Wagler, Natiirl. Syst. der Amph. p. 191; Dum. Sf 

 Bibr. vii. p. 127. Calamaria, sp., Schley. Ess. ii. p. 42. Scy- 

 tale, sp., Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 517- 



1. Aspidura brachyorrhos. 



Scytale brachyorrhos, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 517. Aspidura scy- 

 tale, '\\ hiyler, Nat. Syst. Amph. p. 191; Dum. <y- Bibr. p. 128. 

 Calamaria scytale, Schley. I. c. 



Brownish or brown, uniform or spotted, generally a huge 

 dark spot on each side of neck. 



a, b. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



c. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



d. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 

 e,f. Adult. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



y-k. Adult and half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Col- 

 lection. 



/. Adult female : very bad state. Ceylon. Presented by Cap- 

 tain Gascoigne. 



m. Half-grown. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



n. Young. Ceylon. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



o. Adult. India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



p, q. Adult. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



9. Haplocercus, Gunther. 



Body much elongate ; tail moderate, tapering ; two posterior 

 frontals, one single anterior; two small nasals; loreal none. 



