1. VROPELTIS. 139 
Terminal caudal scute small, er at the end or bicuspid, the 
points side by side ............ 3. Silybura, p. 144. 
Tail compressed, the terminal scute with two superposed, single or 
bifid points ..... 6, TS. 4. Pseudoplectrurus, p. 160, 
2. A supraocular shield ...... 5. Plectrurus, p. 160. 
B. A mental groove .......... 6. Melanophidium, p. 163. 
Il. Eye distinct from the surrounding shields ; a temporal’ shield 
separates the fourth labial from the parietal. 
7. Platyplectrurus, p. 165. 
1. UROPELTIS. 
Uropeltis, part., Cuv. R. A, 2nd ed. ii. p. 76 (1829). 
ic cpg Miiller, Zeitschr. f. Physik iv. 1832, p, 252; Gray, Cat. 
Taz. p. 141 (1845) ; ie ee . Gén, vii. p. 60 (1854) ; 
Peters, Urowelt p- 19 (1861); Gin Fag Brit, Ind, p. 1 
:, (1864); Beddome, Ann. § H, (5) xvii, 1886, p. 9; 
- . Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 1880), 
Powder hlops, part. 4 Schley “Abbild, p. 40 (1844). 
Eye in the ocular shield; no supraocular, no temporal shields. 
-No mental groove. Tail obliquely truncated, ending in a large, 
circular or oval, flat shield. 
ba 
1. Uropeltis grandis. 
ee —— Cuv. R. A, 2nd ed, ii. p. 76 en X ey 
ysiol. iv. 1832, p. 252, ph xa si 984 
pees 4 Aa Guér. Mag. Zool., a ii 887), and von 
Favorite, v. Zool. ji 66, pl. XXVi. Grop, Cat. Liz. Piss 
(1845) ; Dum. § 161, te fig. Fes (ie64ys 
Fope y 30 (1861), ofp yp p46 L % pli fig t 
(1865 
Pesudo-t'yphlo re philippinus, Schley. Abbild. p. 44 (1844). 
Uropeltis grandis, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. ii. p, 15 Sart 
oc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 262 ; Giinth, R t. Brit! Ind. 1 (1864); 
Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. . 182 (1876) ; Beddome Ann. § M ag. 
N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 9; ouleng. Faun. Ind., ia 
1890). 
nga, Kelaart, 1. ¢. ds os 
—— pardalis, Kelaart, l. c. p. 1 Gray, Proc. Zool, Se. 1858, p. 968, 
Snout acutely pointed ; rostral convex, much produced posteriorly, 
nearly as long as the frontal; nasals forming a suture behind the 
rostral. Diameter of body about one twentieth of the total length, 
19 scales round the middle of the body, 23 behind the head. 
Ventrals not twice as large as the contiguous scales, 129-147; sub- 
vaudals 6-9. Caudal disk longer than the shielded part of the head. 
Dark brown or blackish above, with or without yellow spots ; yellow 
beneath, with or without dark brown spots. 
Total length 460 millim. 
Ceylon (Central Provinces). 
