28. xTLOPHis. 303 



lower labials ia contact with, the cMa-shields, of wh.ieli there is 

 but one large pair. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 155-193 ; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 50-68. Eeddisb brown above ; upper lip and 

 lower parts yeUowisb ; young with a yellow band across the nape. 



Total length 550 miUim. ; tail 95 . 



Philippine Islands. 



a. $ (V. 169; 0.53). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [0.]. 



(One of the types of 11. leporinum.) 

 6. Yg. (V.155; 0.62). PhUippines. H. Ouming, Esq. [0.1. 



c. ? (V. 177; 0.56). Dinagat Island. A. Everett, Esq. [0.]. 



2. Oxyrhabdium leporinum. (Plate XIX. fig. 4.) 



Rhabdosoma leporinum, part., GiXnth. Cat. p. 12 (1858). 

 Stenognathus brevirostris, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 586. 

 — — modestus, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 169. 

 Rhabdosoma modestum, part., Oiinth. Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1879, p. 77. 

 Geophis brevirostris, Boettg. Ber. Senckenb. 6es. 1886, p. 106. 



Distinguished from the preceding in the following points : — 

 Suture between the internasals half as long as that between the 

 prsefrontals ; frontal a little longer than broad, two thirds the length 

 of the parietals, rather more than twice as broad as the supraocular ; 

 seven upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye. Ventrals 

 169-180 ; subcaudals 48-51. Elackish brown above ; upper lip 

 and belUy yellowish ; lower surface, of tail brownish. 



Total length 820 miUim. ; tail 105. 



Philippine Islands. 



H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



(One of the types.) 



Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



Platypteryx [non Lasp.), Bum. ^ Bibr. Erp. G6n. vii. p. 500 (1854) ; 



Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 19. 

 Rhabdosoma, part., Giinth. Cat. Col. Sn. p. 10 (1858). 

 Geophis, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 200 (1864). 

 Xylophis, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soo. 1878, p. 576 ; Bouleng. Faun. 



Ind., Rept. p. 283 (1890). 



Maxillary teeth 20 to 25, small, equal ; mandibular teeth equal. 

 Head not distinct from neck ; eye small, with round pupil ; nostril 

 pierced between two small nasals ; internasals small ; no praeocular, 

 loreal and praefrontal entering the eye. Body cylindrical ; scales 

 smooth, in 13 or 15 rows, without apical pits ; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail short, subcaudals in two rows. Hypapophyses developed 

 throughout the vertebral column. 



Southern India. 



