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bea, var. ? Schlegel, 347. Lead-coloured, back with 3 rows of small scat- 
tered black spots; the 2 last series of scales on each side white, lead-coloured 
at the base : scales in 1 9 rows, minutely punctate, rather pale edged : tail 
short, tapering : subcaudal plates whitish, blackish edged, forming a cen- 
tral streak : ventral shields whitish, lead-coloured at the base. Body 14i, 
tail 2^ inches. 
Inhabits Penang; Gen. Hardwicke. Brit. Mus. 
8. Hypsirhina Bennettii. Above blackish grey, with a broad and 3 nar- 
row black streaks on the nape ; back with 3 series of irregular blackish 
spots ; sides (4 scales high) and beneath white ; front and side edge of ab- 
dominal and subcaudal shields black, varied with a spot in the centre of 
the front margin of the former ; scales in 20 rows: tail compressed (injured). 
Inhabits China ; G. Bennett, Esq. Brit. Mus. 
The specimen has a large vesicular cavity foimed by the skin on the 
right side of the neck, which appears to communicate with the lungs. 
9. Hypsirhina Maura. Black brown, polished, with a few irregular dark- 
er spots, rather paler beneath : scales of the front part of the sides very mi- 
nutely pale speckled : front upper labial small^ triangular, second equal, 
third larger, oblique, fourth smaller ; the anterior frontal divided into 2 : 
scales in 16 or 17 series : tail short, slender. 
Inhabits Africa ; Gold Coast, Mr. Bowditch. Brit. Mus. 
XVII. Ferania. Like Hypsirhina^ but with the anterior frontal dou- 
ble ; hinder upper labial divided ; body compressed, back keeled ; tail coni- 
cal : eye over the fourth labial. 
1. Ferania Sieholdii. Homalopsis Sieholdii, Schlegel, Phy. Serp. 350, 
t. 13, fig. 4, 8 ; Seba, ii. t. 46, fig. 2. Scales in 29 rows. 
Inhabits Bengal. Mus. Leyden. The division of the frontal may be on- 
ly an individual variety. 
XVIII. Kaclitia. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth ; vertebral shield 
rather narrow: head small, shielded; anterior frontal shields small, trian- 
gular ; vertebral and superciliary small, broad; I loreal; 1 small anterior 
and 1 oblong posterior ocular : eyes small, over fourth shield : tail short, 
conical: nostril in middle of shield, with a groove to the hinder edge. 
1. Raclitia Indica. 
Inhabits India ; Gen. Hardwicke. Brit. Mus. 
XIX. Higina. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth : ventral shield ra- 
ther narrow : head small, shielded ; 1 anterior large, 2 posterior smaller 
ocular shields, lower, hinder sub-inferior ; loreal shield none : eyes small: 
anterior frontals 3, front pair united, transverse, triangular. 
1. Higina fasciata. Blackish brown, with subalternating white cross 
bands on the sides and beneath. 
Inhabits Demerara. Brit. Mus. Very like the last, in habit and colour. 
XX. Fordonia. Head dilated behind, shielded; frontal plates 3, 
anterior elongate, between the nasal ; vertebral and occipital small ; super- 
ciliary very small ; loreal none ; upper labial plates very large, few, simple ; 
eyes small, over the third labial : body compressed ; tail short. 
1. Fordonia leucobalia. Homalopsis leucohalia, Schlegel, 345, t. 38, fig. 
8, 9. Scales in 25 rows. 
Inhabits New Guinea. Mus. Leyden. 
