144 UROPELTID&. 
7. Rhinophis blythii. 
Rhinophis blythii, Kelaart, Prodr, Faun, Zeyl. ii. p. 14 (1858); 
Peters, Uropelt. p. 17 (1861); Beddome, Ann. § Mag. N. H., (5) 
xvii. 1886, p. 8; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., t. p. 256 (1890). 
Mytilia templetonii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. apn, p- 263. 
Rhinophis blythii, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p, 186 (1864) ; 
Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 130 (1876). 
Snout acutely pointed; rostral very slightly compressed, about 
one third the length of the shielded part of the head; frontal longer 
than broad. Diameter of body 22 to 32 times in the total length. 
17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. Ven- 
trals only a little larger than the contiguous scales, 148-162; 
subcaudals 4-7. Caudal disk one half or three fifths the length of 
the shielded part of the head ; some of the distal caudal scales with 
faint traces of keels. Dark brown; sides with vertical yellow spots 
or a festooned or zigzag hand along the anterior half of the body; 
a yellow ring round the base of the tail. 
Total length 370 millim. 
Ceylon (Central Provinces). 
a-c. o (V. 156, 148; C.7, Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P.}. 
7) & Q9(V.167; C. 4). (Types of M. templetonii.) 
d. Yg. (V. 162; U. 7). Ceylon. Col. Beddome [C,}. 
e. 2 (V. 160; C. 4). Ceylon. f 
t-g. 2 (V.156; C.5) &  Punduloya, 4000 E. E. Green, Esq. [P.1. 
yg. (V. 148; C. 6). feet. F 
3. SILYBURA. 
Uropeltis, part., Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 76 (1829). 
Pseudo-Typhlops, part., Schleg. Abbild. p. 40 (1844). 
Siluboura, Gray, Cut. Lis. p. 142 (1845). 
Coloburus, Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 163 (1854). 
Mytilia, part., Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 263. 
Crealia, ies, l. c. p. 264. 
Silybura, Peters, Uropelt. p- 20 (1861); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p- 189 (1864); Beddome, Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, 
p. 10; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 257 (1890). 
Eye in the ocular shield; no supraocular, no temporal. No 
mental groove. Tail conical or obliquely truncated, terminating in 
a small scute which is square at the end or bicuspid, with the 
points side by side. 
Peninsular India; one species in Ceylon. 
Synopsis of the Species, 
I. 19 scales round the middle of the body. 
A. Upper surface of tail convex. 
198-218 ventrals ; diameter of body 30 
to 40 times in total length ........ 3. grandis, p. 148, 
163-178 ventrals; diameter of body-23 
to 30 times in total length ........ 8. nigra, p. 151. 
