33. ASriDTJRA. 311 



No prseocular; supraocular not half length 



of frontal 2. copii, p. 311. 



6. Only the upper postooular in contact with the parietal; 

 ventrals 1 OS-Ill 3. guentheri, p. 312. 



B. Scales in 15 rows 4. trachyproeta, p. 313. 



1. Aspidura hrachyorrhus. 



Scytale brachyorrhos, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 517. 

 Calamaria scytale, Schleg. Fhys. Serp. ii. p. 42 (1837). 

 Aspidura scytale, JDum. S/- Bibr. vii. p. 128 (1854). 



brachyorrhos, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 14 (1858). 



scytale, part., Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p. 29, and 



Icon. Ophid. 13, pi. ii. iig. 2 (1865). 

 brachyorrhos, Oiinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 202 (1864) ; Theob. 



Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 142 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 



p. 288, fig. (1890). 



Eostral small, deeper than broad, scarcely visible from above ; 

 frontal a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 two thirds the length of the parietals ; supraocular more than half 

 the length of the frontal ; prsefrontals in contact with the second 

 and third upper labials, separated from the eye by a praeocular ; 

 two postoculars, lower largest, both in contact with the parietal ; 

 temjjorals 1 + 2; six upper labials, first smallest, sixth largest, 

 fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields small and scale-like. 

 Scales in 17 rows, all perfectly smooth. Ventrals 139-154 ; anal 

 entire; subcaudals 27-38. Pale yellowish or reddish brown above, 

 with four more or less indistinct darker longitudinal streaks and a 

 vertebral series of blackish dots ; an oblique blackish cross band on 

 each side of the nape ; belly uniform yellowish, tail more or less 

 abundantly freckled with brown. 



Total length 360 millim. ; tail 40. 



Ceylon. 



a 9 (V 144; C.27). Ceylon. Dr. Kelaart. 



b'-k. c? (V.141,142, 139; C. 38,37,?), Ceylon. 



9 (V. 154, 152, 147 ; C. 30, 38, 



29), & Vg. (V. 148, 141, 142; 



C. 32, 35, 35). 



2. Aspidura copii. 



Aspidura brachyorrhos, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 14 (1858). 



1- copii, Gunth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 203, pi. xviii. fig. E (1864) ; 



Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 143 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 



Rept. p. 289 (1890). 



Rostral small, deeper than broad, not visible from above; frontal 

 a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, three 

 fifths the length of the parietals ; supraocular very small, not half 

 the length of the frontal ; prsefrontals in contact with the second, 



