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are 3, via., Lytorhyrichus paradoxus.^ Temporals 2. The upper 

 toTicliing one supralabial only, viz., the 4th. Eye with vertical pupil. 

 Swpralabials 6, the 3rd only touching the eye. Sublinguals. — One 

 pair only each in contact with 2 scales behind. Infralabials 3 only. 



Distribution. — One specimen only known discovered by Signer 

 Fea in the Kachin Hills of Upper Burmah. 



Poison. — Nothing known. 



Dimensions. — 2 feet. 



Colour. — Boulenger* says: — "Lower parts olive-grey with some 

 small lighter spots ; chin and throat variegated with yellow." He 

 further remarks it is strikingly like a harmless colubrine in external 

 appearance. 



• Fauna of Brit. Ind., BeptiUa and BatracMa, p. 419. 



