10 Rept. 
REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
being new. They are referred to 7 genera, one of which is established 
for the first time. 
Silybura nilgherriensis , Bedd. (= ceylanica , Cuv.), n. varr. ttnnulala , 
Wynad, myhendrcc , South Travancore, and picta , North Travancore ; 
Beddome, t. c. pp. 15 & 16. 
Plectrums davidsoni, p. 25, Anamallays, 4700 feet, and scabricauda , 
p. 27, Anamallays, n. spp., id. t . c. 
Teretrurus , n. g. Tail tapering ; the terminal scute a single sharp 
point ; no median groove along the chin. Id. t. c. p. 28. For Plectru- 
ms sanguineus , Bedd., and T. travancoricus } n. sp., id. t. c. p. 29, between 
Travancore and Tinnevelly, .8000-5000 feet. 
Platyplectrurus bilineatus , n. sp., id. t. c. p. 83, Madura. 
Boidte. 
E. D. Cope remarks ou the characters of three problematical genera 
of Mexican Boeeform Snakes, viz., Charina , Gray, Lichanura , Cope, and 
Loxocemus , Cope. A new family, Charinidte , is established for the first, 
the two others being referred to the Pythonulce and Boidce respectively. 
Am. Nat. xx, pp. 293 & 294. 
Eryxjaculus, L. On a specimen from Rasano, Talysch ; Boettger, in 
Radde, Faun. Casp -Geb. p. 73. 
Python molurus , L. On fossil remains from theSiwalik Hills; Lydek- 
ker, Pal. Ind. (10) iii, p. 237, pi. xxxv, figs. 4-7. * 
COLUBRIDiE. 
Chionactis diasii , n. sp. (== Conopsis UneatuSj Bocourt, nec Kenn.), 
Cope, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 188, Puebla, Mexico. 
Ogmius acutus i n. sp., id. t. c. p. 189, Tehuantepec. 
Ilhabdosoma longiceps ) n. sp., id. t c. p. 189, Yera Cruz, Mexico. 
Geophis fuscus, n. sp., Fischer, Abh. Ges. Hamb. ix, Heft 1, pi. ii, fig. 5, 
Mexico. 
Stenorhina degenhardtii, Berth., p. 594, fig. 7, and var. Jcennicottiana , 
Cope, p. 595, fig. 9 , freminvillei, D. & B., p. 596, fig. 8, and var. apiata , ' 
Cope, p. 597, fig. 10, and quinquelineata, Hallow., p. 597, fig. 11, de- 
scribed and figured by Bocourt, Miss, Sci. Mex., Rept . , pi. xxxvii. 
Rhinocheilus lecontei, B. & G., described and figured by Bocourt, t. c. 
p. 602, pi. xl, fig. 7. R. antonii , n. sp., A. Duges, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xxiii, 
p. 290, fig., Mazatlan. 
Simotes formosanus, Gthr. : note by Fischer, Abh. Ges. Hamb. ix, 
Heft 1. S. lierzi , n. sp., Boettger, Zool. Anz. ix, p. 519, S. China. 
Oligodon subpunctatus, D. & B. ? Note by G. Yidal, J. Bomb. Soc. i, 
p. 144 
Tripeltis , n. g. Type, Oligodon brevicauda , Gthr. Cope, P. Am. Phil. 
Soc. xxiii, p. 487. 
Holarchus , n. g., embracing all species with entire anal plate, hitherto 
referred to Simotes ; id. t. c. p. 488. 
Henicognathus annulatus , D. & B., p. 626, pi. xl, fig. 6, vittatus } Jan., 
p. 630, pi. xli, fig. 1, and godmani , Gthr., p. 631, pi. xl, fig. 5, described 
