($ Catalogue of Reptiles. 



HOMALOPSIS, Sp. Kuiil. 



H. BUCCATAj L. 



Pythonella semizonata, Blyih. 

 a. type of Pythonella. Martaban. Major Berdmore. 



Labelled in Mr. Blyth's writing Pythonella, not Pytlwnia as printed, 

 and qnoted by Giinther. 



HERPETON, Lacepede. 

 H. tentaculatum, Lacep. 



TYTLEBIA, Theobald. 



Aspect of HypsirUna scales, smooth, in seventeen rows. Nostral 

 lateral, almost dividing a smallish oblong nasal ;fr^ 8 W = S 

 upper labials enter the orbit. Loreal elongate : anal and sub-caudais 

 bifid : eye small ; pupil vertical. 



T. hypsirhinoides, Theobald. 



Habit moderate, aspect of the Enhydrinse. Head shield normal. An- 

 terior frontals slightly pentagonal, half as large as Pf^'rJJ;™ 1 

 a trifle less than loreal. Ante-ocular one, reaching to the vertical. 

 Postoculars two, small. Vertical straight in front, sides rapidly con- 

 verging behind. Supercilianes moderate broad behind. Occiprtals 

 moderate. Upper labials nine, 3rd, 4th and 5th enter the orbit. Two 

 pairs of chin shields touching one another. Sixth lower labial largest, 

 touches the middle of second chin shield. . 



Color uniform reddish brown above. Belly yellowish white, length 

 21.00, tail injured 1.00 = 22.00 inches. 



a. type specimen. Andamans. Lt.-Col. Tytler. 



HYPSIKHINA, Wagler. 

 H. enhydrts, Schneid. 

 a. Adult and young. 

 h. Young. Calcutta. Mr. C. Swaries. 



A variable species as to form and coloration, and consequently much 

 burdened with synonyms, being indebted to Dr. Gray for three of them, 

 Ulineata, trilineata ak&jwrcata, according to Giinther. It is a common 

 species, with scales in twenty rows. 



H. pltjmbea, Boie. 

 a. many specimens. 



Nearly related to the last, but with a stouter head, and scales in only 

 nineteen rows. 



H. chinensis, Gray. 

 a. small specimen. 



