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1. Rhinophis oxyrhynchus. 
ope ee hynchus, Schneid. Hist. Amph. ii. p, 341 (1801). 
Rives oxy? awe Hempr. Grundr. Naturg. p. 119 a) 
Miill. Zeitschr Physiol. iv. 1832 , bee ee tel 
BAS py Doon Dum. A Bibr. vii. p. 156 (1854) ; rey ee lt. Es 
ii. 1 (1861); Giinth. t BNE E (1864); 7 
Poe Fit Brit. "Ind. p. 128 eri "dome 
+ Pan (5) xvii. 1886, p.5; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 255 
(1890). 
Da a lankadivana, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. 1. ii. p. 16 (1853 
Mvrtilia oaimaculata, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soe, 1858, 6h fs. ). 
Snout acutely pointed; rostral compressed, keeled above, half as 
long as the shielded part of the head; frontal not longer than 
broad. Diameter of body 37 to 39 times in the total length. 
17 to 19 scales round the middle of the body, 19 to 21 behind the 
head. Ventrals only a little larger than the contiguous scales, 
217-227; subcaudals 5-7. Caudal disk about as long as the 
shielded part of the head. Uniform brown, each scale with a lighter 
margin ; some yellow markings about the tail. 
Total length 430 millim. 
Ceylon (Central Provinces). 
b. g (V.217, 219; C.7,7). Ceylon. (‘Types of M. unimaculata. 
sf ey! 258, 6.5). Ceylon, Sir A. Smith [P.]. : 
2. Rhinophis punctatus. 
ocak hee vie Miill. Zeitschr. f. Physiol. iv. 1832, p 
tbr. vii. p. 157 (1854) ; Peters, Uropelt. p. 12, OE fie 
Ossi), Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 184 (1864) ; lit, Taste ig 3 
48, 1. 9, pl. ii. fig. 5 (1865); Theod. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 128 
ti876) ; Beddome, sy § Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 6; Bouleng. 
Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 255 (1890). 
Pando Fyphloys oxyrhynchus, Schley. Abbild. p. 48, pl. xii.” 
(1844 
Very re allied to the preceding ; ; differs in the more slender 
body, the diameter of which is +7 to 49 times in the total length, 
with more numerous ventrals (236-246), and in coloration. Yel- 
lowish, each scale with a black spot ; the scales of the series adjoining 
the vertebral without spot. 
Total length 390 millim. 
Ceylon (Central Provinces). 
a-b. ¢ (V. 246,239; C.9,8). Paradenia. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
e-d. do (V. 236; 0.8) & Q Ceylon. G. H. K, Thwaites, Esq. [P.]. 
(V. 240; C.6). 
3. Rhinophis planiceps. 
T gee ypinus, Cuv. R. A, 2nd ed. ii. Fi ia (1829). 
Rbnorhis pe ppinus, Mill, ee" J. Physiol. iv. 1832, ; 
Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 154, pl. lix. fig, 1 (1854); Peters, 'Uropelt 
