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41 Gerard ia prevostiana. 



Belly pale muddy. Olive, each ventral with a darker 

 edge ; back darker, the two tints divided by a pale lateral 

 band 2^ scales broad. 



Section L. 



Belly white, back brown, the whole body encircled with 

 a deep black network. 



4 Cylindrophis maoulatus. 

 As in section. 



Section M. 



Dull coloured above and below, more or less uniform. 



1 Typhlops braminus. 



Brownish, belly paler, upper shields of head with a faint 

 crenulated paler margin. 



2 Typhlops mirus. . 

 As in No. 1 ; snout yellow. 



5 Uropeltis grandis. 



Brown ; margins of lateral and ventral scales lighter. 

 (With or without yellow spots ; yellow beneath with or 

 without dark brown spots. — Boulenger's "Fauna of British 

 India," p. 254.) 



6 Rhinophis oxyrhyncus. 



Uniform brownish, each scale with a lighter margin. 

 White, anal shield. 



7 Rhinophis planiceps. 



As in No. 6 ; sometimes a yellowish blotch near head or 

 vent. 



9 Rhinophis blythii. 



Dark brown ; sides with vertical yellow spots or festooned 

 zigzag band along the anterior half of the body ; a yellow 

 ring round base of tail. 



