

134 ILTSIID^. 



a. Ad. (V. 218 ; C. 11). Surinam. 



b-e. Ad. (V. 210, 211 ; Berbiee. 

 0. 12, 12). 



d. Ad. (V. 213 ; 0. 12). BerMce. Lady Essex [P.]. 



e. Ad. (V.227; C.12). Demerara. R. Latham, Esq. [P.]. 

 /. Ad. (V. 235 ; 0. 11). Demerara. Lieut. Friend [PJ. 



g. Ad. (V. 226 ; 0. 12). Demerara. Dr. Hancock [P.J 



h. Ad. (V. 225; 0. 11). Demerara. 



i. Ad. (V. 217 ; C. 11). British Gdana. 



k. Hgr, (V. 238; 0. 11). Upper Amazon. Mr. Bartlett [0.1. 



I. Ad. (V. 244; 0. 9). Moyobamba, N.E. Mr. A. H. Roff [C.]. 



Peru. 



m. Skel. S. America. Haslar Hospital. 



n. Skull. S. America. 



2. ANOMALOCHILUS. 



Anomalochilus, v. Lidth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. ii. 

 p. 180 (1890). 



No prsemaxiUarj' teeth *. Head small, not distinct from neck ; 

 eye very small, distinct from the surrounding shields ; head with 

 large symmetrical shields ; nostril in a single nasal, which forms a 

 suture with its fellow behind the rostril ; no loreal or prasocular ; a 

 postooular ; no mental groove. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, in 

 21 rows ; ventrals very small, scarcely enlarged. Tail extremely 

 short and blunt. 



Sumatra. 



1. Anomalochilus weheri. 



Anomalochilus weberi, v. Lidth de Jeude, I. c. p. 181, pi. xv. figs. 1-3. 



Frontal nearly twice as large as the supraocular, quadrangular ; 

 no enlarged parietals ; four upper labials, third largest and in 

 contact with the eye. Scales in 21 rows. Ventrals scarcely larger 

 than the neighbouring scales, 244 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 8. 

 Brown, each scale with a lighter edge ; a light spot on each prae- 

 frontal and on the frontal ; a series of round light spots on each 

 side of the back, in pairs or alternating ; an interrupted whitish 

 line along the middle of the side ; beneath with irregular light spots 

 arranged in pairs and sometimes confluent. 



Kaju Tanam, Sumatra. 



3. CYLINDROPHIS. 



Tortrix (non Linn.), part., Oppel, Ordn. Ltept. p. 55 (1811) ; Schleo. 



Phys. Serp. ii. p. 1 (1837). r k ,, y 



Anilius, part., Oken, Lehrb. Naturg. iii. p. 288 (1816). 

 Ilysia, part., Hemprich, Grundr. Naturg. (1820) ; Fitz. N. Class 



-Eepi. p. 26 (1826). 



* Dr. Tan Lidth de Jeude kindly informs me that he has been unable to 

 detect prsemaxillary teeth in the type specimen. 



