130. FoRDONIA. 21 
Campylodon prevostianum, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 964 (1854); Jan, 
Arch, Zool, Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, p. 263, and Icon. Gén. 30, pl. vi. 
fig. 3 (1868) ; #. Mill. Verh. Nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1885, p. 700. 
Heleophis flavescens, J. Mull. Verh. Nat, Ges. Basel, vii. 1884, p. 286, 
l. v. fig. 2. 
Gaesdis Tea balieen, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 379 (1890) ; 
Haly, Journ, As. Soc. Ceyl. xi, 1892, p. 197. 
Rostral broader than deep; frontal a little longer than broad, 
as long as or shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 
shorter than the parietals ; loreal slightly longer than deep, a little 
smaller than the nasal; one pre-and two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2 or 3; eight upper labials, fourth entering the eye; four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are much 
larger than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 146-148; 
anal divided; subcaudals 31-34. Uniform dark olive or grey 
above ; three outer series of scales white; upper lip white, rostral 
dark olive; ventrals and subcaudals grey or whitish, with dark 
edges. 
Total length 520 millim. ; tail 65. 
Coasts of India, Ceylon, and Burma. 
a. o (V. 154; C. 33). Bandora, Bombay Coast. H. M. Phipson, Esq. 
P 
b-c. ¢ (V. 153, 148; Bassein R., Pegu. ¢ “Theobald, Esq. 
C. 33, 84). [1]. 
d. 3 (V. 146; C.33). ——P (Type of G. bicolor.) 
130. FORDONTIA. 
Homalopsis, part., Schley. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 332 (1837). 
Fordonia, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 67 (1842), and Cat. Sn. p. 76 (1849); 
Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 277 (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 
p- 378 (1890). . 
Hemiodontus, Dum. § Bibr. Mém. Ac. Se. xxiii. 1853, p. 494, and 
Erp. Gén. vii. p. 882 (1854). 
Hemiodontus, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. iii. 1865, p. 263, 
Maxillary teeth small, 7 or 8, followed by two enlarged grooved 
teeth ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head small, not distinct from 
neck ; eye very small, with vertically elliptic pupil; head-shields 
large ; nostril in an undivided or semidivided nasal; a single inter- 
nasal, separating the nasals; no loreal. Body cylindrical; scales 
smooth, without pits,in 25 to 29 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail 
short ; subcaudals all or part in two rows. 
From Burma and Cochinchina to New Guinea and North 
Australia. 
1. Fordonia leucobalia. 
Homalopsis leucobalia, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 345, pl. xiii. figs. 8 & 9 
(1837); Schleg. § Mill. Verh. Nat. Nederl. Overz. Bezitt., Rept. 
p- 61, pl. viii. (1844) ; Cantor, Cat. Mal. Rept. p. 102, pl. xl. fig. 5 
(1847). 
