28. xyYLopnis. 
lower labials in contact with the chin-shields, of which there is ‘ 
but one large pair. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 155-193; anal ¥ 
entire; subcaudals 50-68. Reddish brown above; upper lip and 
lower parts yellowish; young with a yellow band across the nape. 
Total paths 550 millim.; tail 95. 
Philippine Islands. 
a. «169; C, 53). Philippines. 
ud 4 is (One of Pe ‘om of of Oe tape 
b. Yg. (V. 155; C. 62). Philippines. 
e. 2 (V.177; C. 56). Dinagat Island. A, Everett, bat to 
aa 
2. Oxyrhabdium leporinum. (Prare XIX. fig. 4.) 
Rhabdosoma leporinum, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 12 (1858). “ak 
Stenognathus brevirostris, Peters, Mon. Bert. Ac. 1872, p. 586. * 
—— modestus, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p “4b0. , 
Rhabdosoma modestum, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Boe. 1879, p. 77. 
Geophis brevirostris, Boettg. Ber. Senckenb. Ges. 1886, p- 106. 
Distinguished from the preceding in the following points :— 
Suture between the internasals half as long as that between the 
prefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, two thirds the length 
of the parietals, rather more than twice as broad as the supraocular ; 
seven upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye. Ventrals 
169-180; subcaudals 43-51. Blackish brown above; upper lip 
and bellly yellowish ; lower surface of tail brownish. 
Total length 820 millim.; tail 105. 
Philippine Islands. 
a. Q (V. 169; C. 43). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.}. 
(One of the types.) 
b. 2 (V. 180; C. 45). Luzon. Dr. A. B, Meyer [C.]. 
28. XYLOPHIS. 
Pla x (non Lasp.), Dum. § Bibr. Gén. vii. p. 500 1854); 
Tn dsch: Book, Anat Phys. ii. 1862, > 40. staid gos 
Recah pen part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn p- 10 (1858). 
his, part., Giinth, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 200 (1864). 
Xvi his, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1 8, p- 576; Bouleng. Faun. 
, Rept. p. 283 (1890). 
teeth 20 to 25, small, equal ; mandibular teeth equal. 
Head not distinct from neck ; eye small, with round pupil; nostril 
— between two small nasals ; ; internasals small; no preocular, 
real and prefrontal entering the eye. Body eylindrical ; scales 
smooth, in 13 or 15 rows, without apical pits; ventrals rounded. 
Tail short, subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed 
throughout the vertebral column. 
Southern India. 
