OPHIDIA. 
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Xylophis, g. n. Calamaiid : “ body cylindrical, slender ; head short, not 
distinct from neck, gradually narrowed forward, and pointed ; eyes very 
small, with round pupil ; tail about one-third of total length ; maxillary 
teeth very numerous, equal, the two palatine rows very conspicuous, and 
the teeth slightly longer behind ; upper labials four, the first very minute, 
the second and third enter the orbit, fourth in contact with a large 
temporal ; rostral very small ; an elongated loreal, gradually narrowed 
behind, replaces anteocular, and occupies all the space from rostral to 
eye ; nasals simple, very small ; frontals, only one pair, large ; a very 
small superciliary shield, and a similar post-ocular ; scales smooth, with- 
out apical groove, in 15 rows ; anal single ; sub-caudals broad, bifid, or a 
few occasionally entire.” X. indtcus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 576, S. India. 
A new genus and species of Calamaridce indicated by F. Mueller, Verh. 
Ges. Bas. vi. p. 645, pis. iii. c-D. 
P GeopMs {Rhahdosoma) annulatus, Peters, redescribed ; id. 1. c. p. 409. 
Ahlahes hildehrandti^ sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 205, pi. ii. fig. 6, Ukamba. 
Heterodon : on the habits and harmlessness of H. niger platyrrhinus ; 
H. Strecker, Science News, i. pp. 104 & 111. On the genus, with descrip- 
tion of H. hennerlyij Kennic. ; Ooues and Yarrow, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 
iv. p. 270. 
Eutcenia ; on the characters for determining the species, with descrip- 
tions ; iid. 1. c. p. 273. 
Fordonia variahilis^ sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 219, 
Port Darwin. 
Zamenis elegantissirnuv, sp. n,, Gunther, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 977, pi. Ixii., 
Midian. . 
Lielaphis {Lycodon) aruensis, Doria, = parvus., Mey., = lividus, D. B. ; 
magnuSy Mey., = cucullatiis, D. B.; holochrouSy Gthr., = modestus, Schleg. : 
Peters & Doria, 1. c. p. 396. ' 
Dasypeltis lineolata, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 206, Ukamba. 
Dromicus chitalonensis, sp. n. ?, F. Mueller, 1. c. p. 407, Guatemala. 
Psammophis pimctulatus, D; B., var. n. trivirgatus, id. ibid. Taita. 
Dendrophis olivacea^ sp. n., Macleay, 1. c, p. 220, New Guinea. 
Dendrophis aruensis, Doria, = calligastra, Gthr., = striolatus^ Ptrs., = 
lineolatuSy D. B., = Leptophis pimctulatus, Gray ; Peters & Doria, 1. c. 
p. 390. 
Dendrophis lineolatus, D. B. Dumeril & Bibron confounded two species 
under this name ; one of them, the species figured by Jan, is D. aruensis, 
Doria. Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. p. 41. 
Stiyporrhynchus celebicus, sp. n., Peters & Doria, 1. c. p. 386, Celebes. 
Ulupe, g. n. Lycodontid : “ corpus gracile, compressum. Caput breve, 
depressum, collo paullo latius. Oculi pupilla elliptica, verticalis. Scutum 
loreale cum praeoculari juuctum ; nasale hand bipartitum. Squamae cor- 
poris in 13 seriebus longitudinalibus, Iseves, ventrales ad latera angii- 
latse, subcaudales biseriatim ordinatae.” U. davisoni, sp. n., Blanford, 
J. A. S. B. xlvii. pt. 2, p. 129, Tenasserim. 
Ophites gammiei, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 130, Sikkim. 
Erebophis asper, from Duke of York Island and other islands W. of 
mainland of New Guinea, as well as in the Bay of Geelvink, remarks on ; 
