Reptiles found in Ceylon. 107 



truncated ; the truncated surface entirely covered with a large 

 circular, granular shield. Vent scales 1-2. 



Total length superiorly, 1 foot 7 inches. Inferiorly, 1 foot 

 8 inches. Tail shield nearly the size of a shilling piece. 

 Head 8-10 inch in length. — Greatest circumference 2§ inches, 

 near the neck. Habitat Southern Province. 



The only specimen we have seen of this very large Rough 

 Tail, is one procured by Mr. Balkhuysen of the Colonial Medi- 

 cal Service, from Kerinday near Matura. 



Uropeltis Pardaus. n. s., nobis. 



Head small, dark olive. Upper parts black with beautiful 

 bluish bronze reflections, irregularly spotted white. Beneath 

 yellowish white, marked with large and small black spots, 

 variously shaped; some pale eyed. Tail very short, obliquely 

 truncated and with a large flat orbicular granular shield. 

 Length, 6^ inches; circumference f inch, 



Habitat. Matura. We are indebted to the Rev. Mr. 

 Ondaatje for the only specimen we have examined of this 

 species. The black spots on the lower parts occupy more 

 than one scale, generally two or three contiguous scales; 

 and they are placed without any order in various directions. 

 The chin and throat immaculate. 



Genus. Dapatnaya. n. g* 



Tail obliquely truncated, upper part and tip covered with 

 a large semiconical granular shield. Vent shields 1-2. 

 Dapatnaya Lankaoivana. n. s., nobis. 



Above dark brown, beneath paler. Scales with pale 

 margins. Head yellowish in some. Rostrum yellow. Shield 

 of tail sloping down to the lower surface. Vent scales yellow ; 

 in some the spot extends beyond the vent. 



Length, from 1 to 2 feet. 



Thickness nearly the same throughout, about 1 inch. 



Habitat Common at Trincomalie, and in the Kandyan 

 Province. Found 2 or 3 feet under ground, and in ant-hills. 

 The young is of a dark olive brown colour. » 



