314 COLUBRID, 
1, Blythia reticulata. 
Calamaria reticulata, Blyth, Journ, As. Soc. Beng. xxiii. 1854, 
. 287. 
Blythia reticulata, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 44 (1868), 
and Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 142 (1876); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 
Rept. p. 287, fig. (1890). 
Rostral about as broad as deep, visible from above; suture be- 
tween the internasals one half to two thirds as long as that between 
the prefrontals; frontal longer than its distance from the end of 
the snout, about two thirds the length of the parietals ; one post- 
ocular and one elongate temporal; six upper labials, third and 
fourth entering the eye, first smallest, sixth largest ; four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin- 
shieldssmall. Scalesin13 rows. Ventrals 127-150; anal divided ; 
subcaudals 19-29. Blackish brown above and below, the lateral 
scales and the ventrals edged with lighter. 
Total length 420 millim.; tail 40. 
Khasi Hills. 
a-h. 3 (V. 138, 150, 127,129; Khasi Hills. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. [P.] 
C. 27, 29, 26,28), 2 (V. 146, 
138, 141; C. 23, 19, 24), & 
yg. (V. 182; C. 20). 
35. PSEUDOXYRHOPUS. 
Homalocephalus (non Zett.), Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys, ii. 1863, 
. 286. 
ae Giinth. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (5) vii. 1881, p. 359 ; 
Bouleng. Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (6) vi. 1890, p. 311. 
Maxillary teeth 16 to 18, the two posterior strongly enlarged 
and separated from the preceding by an interspace; anterior man- 
dibular teeth much larger than the posterior and increasing in size 
to the fifth, sixth, or eighth. Head scarcely distinct from neck ; 
eye small, with round pupil. Body cylindrical; scales smooth,. 
without pits, in 17 to 25 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail rather 
short; subcaudals all or part in two rows. Hypapophyses de- 
veloped throughout the vertebral column. 
Madagascar. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Scales in 25 rows .......... 1. microps, p. 315. 
II. Scales in 21 rows 
Rostral just visible from above...... 2. heterurus, p. 815. 
Portion of rostral visible from above 
at least half as long as its distance 
from the frontal ................ 3. quinquelineatus, p. 315. 
III. Scales in 19 rows.......... 4, imerina, p. 316. 
LV. Scales in 17 rows.......... 5. punctatus, p. 317. 
