32, HAPLOCERCUS. 309 
2. Achalinus braconnieri. 
Ophielaps braconnieri, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) i. 1877, pr 
Achalinus rufescens (non Bouleng.), Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (6) 
iv. 1889, p. 220. . 
Distinguished from the preceding by the following characters :— 
Suture between the internasals shorter than that between the 
prefrontals; frontal thrice to thrice and a half as broad as the 
supraocular; both anterior temporals in contact with the eye; two 
pairs of chin-shields. Scales unicarinate, in 23 or 25 rows. Ven- 
trals 159-170; subcaudals 48-59. Uniform blackish, ventrals 
* with a narrow whitish edge. 
Total length 550 millim.; tail 83. 
Southern China. 
a-c,d. 3 (V.161,163, 159; —_—‘Ichang. A. E. Pratt, Esq. [C. 
GC. 57, 59, 59) & 9(V. 1705 ; — + 
* ). 
3. Achalinus spinalis. 
Achalinus spinalis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1869, p. 436, pl. —. fig. 1. 
Suture between the internasals as long as that between the pre- 
frontals; frontal broader than long, about thrice as broad as the 
supraocular; temporals 2+2, both anterior in contact with the 
eye; six upper labials, first very small, fourth and fifth entering 
the eye, sixth very.long; three pairs of chin-shields, immediately 
followed by the ventrals. Scales distinctly keeled, in 21 rows, 
Ventrals 149 ; anal entire; subcaudals 62. Brown above, with a 
median black dorsal line; brownish yellow inferiorly, with a black 
stripe along the tail. 
Total length 360 millim. ; tail 115. 
Japan (?). 
32. HAPLOCERCUS. 
Haplocercus, Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 14 (1858), and Rept. Brit, Ind. 
p. 204 (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept . 290 (1890). 
Aspidura, part., Jan, Arch, Zool. Anat. Phys, ii, 1862, p. 29. 
Maxillary teeth about 10, moderately large, subequal ; posterior 
mandibular teeth a little shorter than the anterior, Head not 
distinct from neck; eye rather small, with round pupil; nostril 
between two small nasals and the first labial; no loreal; a single 
internasal. Body cylindrical ; scales keeled, without apical pits, in 
17 rows; ventrals rounded. ‘Tail moderate; subcaudals single. 
s,s a developed throughout the vertebral column. 
Jeylon. 
1. Haplocercus ceylonensis. 
a Ea ceylonensis, Giinth. Cat. p. 15 (1858), and Rept. Brit, 
nd. Pp 204, pl, xviii. fig. G (1864); Bouleng. Faun. 5 Rept. 
p- 291 (1890), 
