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2. UROPELTIS l'ARDALIS. B.M. 



" Uropeltis partialis, Kelaart." 



Nose convex, rounded ; caudal disk subcircular, scarcely tuber- 

 cular ; back black, with numerous small white specks on the back 

 and sides ; caudal disk brown, smooth; with a narrow white edge 

 above and a white spot on each side of the lower edge ; belly white, 

 three or four irregular rows of oblong transverse black spots. 



Hab. Ceylon {Kelaart). Dr. Kelaart's type specimen. 



3. Uropeltis? Philippines. 



Uropeltis Philippinus, Midler, Thienem. Zeitsch. fur Physiol, iv. 

 248, 274. t. 22. f. 1 a, b, c, skull ; f. 3, animal nat. size ; Dum. & 

 Bib. Erp. Gen. vii. 161. t. 59. f. 2. 



Bhinophia Philippinus, Boie, Isis, 1827, 513; Midler, 1. c. 248. 



Typhlops Philippinus, Cuvier, R. Anim. ii. 72. 



Pseudotyphlops philippinus, Schlegel, Abbild. 44 (not figured). 



Hab. Philippines. 



This species is unknown to me. One specimen in the Paris 

 Museum. 



II. The tail cylindrical, subtruncate ; end covered with a single 

 homy convex tuberculated shield ; nose acute. 



3. Mytilia. 



Caudal disk convex, covered with a single convex shield, covered 

 with small spine-like ridges ; rostral scales produced, more or less 

 acute. 



Rhinophis, Dum. & Bib. Erp. Gen. vh. 150. 



* Caudal shield with a slight perpendicular keel; rostral scales 

 square, rather acute. 



1. Mytilia Gerrardi. B.M. 



Mytilia Gerrardi, Grav, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 57. Kept, 

 pi. 13. 



Caudal disk large, with a slight perpendicular terminal keel ; 

 black ; white spot over the upper edge of disk. 

 Hab. Ceylon (It. Tempi eton, Esq., 1845). 



2. Mytilia Templetomi (fig. 2). B.M, 



Caudal disk small, covered with radiating lines of uniform spineS] 

 with a Blight perpendicular apical keel ; blackish-brown, with the 

 middle of the scales rather paler, a large irregular yellow streak on 

 each side of the neck, and a t'cw yellow cross-bands on the Bides, 

 becoming small and more indistinct behind ; a yellow spot on each 

 side of the vent, extending in an irregular narrow line to the end 

 of the tail. 



Hob. Ceylon (/». Templeton, Esq ) 



