144 tTROPELTID^. 



7. EhinopMs Wythii. 



RhinopHs blythii, Kelaart, Prodr. Faun. Zeyl. ii. p. 14 (1853) ; 

 Peters, Uropelt. p. 17 (1861); Beddome, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (5) 

 xvii. 1886, p. 8 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Mept. p. 256 (1890). 



Mytilia templetonii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 263. 



Rhinophis blythii, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 186 (1864) ; 

 Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. ]30 (1876). 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral very slightly compressed, about 

 one third the length of the shielded part of the head ; frontal longer 

 than broad. Diameter of body 22 to 32 times in the total length. 

 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. Ven- 

 trals only a little larger than the contiguous scales, 148-162 ; 

 subcaudals 4-7. Caudal disk one half or three fifths the length of 

 the shielded part of the head ; some of the distal caudal scales with 

 faint traces of keels. Dark brown ; sides with vertical yellow spots 

 or a festooned or zigzag band along the anterior half of the body ; 

 a yellow ring round the base of the tail. 



Total length 370 millim. 



Ceylon (Central Provinces). 



a-c. S (V. 156, 148 ; C. 7, Ceylon. R. Templeton, Esq. [P.]. 



7) & $ (V. 167; 0. 4). (Types of M. templetonii.) 



d. Yg. (V. 162 ; 0. 7). Ceylon. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



e. ? (V. 160 ; C. 4). Ceylon. 



f-g. 5 (V. 156 ; C. 5) & Punduloya, 4000 E. E. Green, Esq. [P.l. 

 yg. (V. 148; C. 6). feet. 



3. SILYBUEA. 



Uropeltis, part., Cuv. M. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 76 (1829). 



Pseudo-Typhlops, part., Schkg. AbUld. p. 40 (1844). 



Siluboura, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 142 (1845). 



Coloburus, Dum. ^ Bibr. Frp. GSn. vii. p. 163 (1854). 



Mytilia, part., Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 263. 



Crealia, Gray, I. c. p. 264. 



Silybura, Peters, Uropelt. p. 20 (1861) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 189 (1864) ; Beddome, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, 

 p. 10 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 257 (1890). 



Eye in the ocular shield ; no supraocular, no temporal. No 

 mental groove. Tail conical or obliquely truncated, terminating in 

 a small scute which is square at the end or bicuspid, with the 

 points side by side. 



Peninsular India ; one species in Ceylon. 



Synopsis of the Species. 

 I. 19 scales round the middle of the body. 

 A. Upper surface of tail convex. 



198-218 ventrals ; diameter of body 30 



to 40 times in total length 3. grandis, p. 148. 



163-178 ventrals ; diameter of body 23 



to 30 times in total length 8. nigra, p. 151. 



