140 UROPELTIDE. 
a. o (V. 139; C. 6). Kerinday, near Dr. Kelaart. (Type of 
Matura. U. grandis.) 
b. Her. (V. 129; C. 6). Matura. Dr. Kelaart. (Type of 
U. pardalis,) 
e. 2 (V. 142; C. 6). Kandy. Col. Yerbury [P.}. 
d. Hgr. (V. 147; C. 9). Ceylon. Sir A. Smith [P.]. 
é. Her. (V. ao C. 6). Ceylon. Col. Beddome [0. }, 
St. & (V. 142; C. 9), Ceylon. 
2. RHINOPHIS. 
Rhinophis, H yy tee, Grundr. d. Naturg. p. 119 (1820); Miiller, 
Zeitschr. f. Physiol. iv. 1832, p. 248; erat Cat. Liz. p. 141 
(1845); Dum. § Bibr. Erp. én. Vii. p. 158 (1854); eters, 
Uropelt. p. 9 (sé), Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 183 (1864) ; 
Beddome, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 5; Tolan Faun, 
Ind., Rept. p. 254 (1890). 
Pseudo-Typhlo PSs » part., Schleg. Abbild. p, 40 (1844). 
Dapatnaya, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun, Zeyl. ii. p. 16 (1853). 
Mytilia, part., Gray, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 263. 
Eye in the ocular shield; no supraocular, no temporal. No 
mental groove. Tail ending i in a large convex rugose shield, which 
is neither truncated nor spinose at the end. 
In all the species the nasals are separated by the rostral. 
Ceylon and Southern India. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Caudal shield as long as or a little shorter than the shielded part 
of the head. 
A. Rostral strongly keeled, half as long as the shielded part of 
the head; 17 or 19 scales round the middle of the body. 
Diameter of the body 37 to 40 times in 
the total length ; ventrals 217-223.. 1. owyrhinus, p. 141. 
Diameter of the body 47 to 49 times in 
the total length ; ventrals 236-246 .. 2. punctatus, p. 141. 
B. Rostral about two fifths the length of the shielded part of the 
head; 17 scales round the middle of the body. 
Vertitals: 169-172 csi sce anes cues 3. planiceps, p. 141. 
Ventrals 190-204 .....5... sc eecees 4, trevelyanus, p. 142. 
C. Rostral one third the length of the shielded part of the head. 
15 scales round the middle of the body ; 
ventrals 182-224 i... peinsis Kies s.9.0% 5. sanguineus, p. 143. 
17 scales round the middle of the body ; . 
veutrals 146: oi. 3 cece pes ns cane 6. travancoricus, p. 143, 
II. Caudal shield much shorter than the shielded part of the head. 
7. blythii, p. 144. 
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