SPOLIA ZEYLANTC A. 
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the estate, the probable elevation being from 3,500 to 4,200 feet 
above sea level. The specimens are evidently about full-grown, 
and the species is viviparous, as embryos have been found in a 
specimen of no larger size. From the same field during the same 
period Mr. Drummond-Hay obtained Rhinophis Mythii and Hap- 
locercus ceylonensis in great abundance, and four specimens of 
Aspidura copii. 
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 
Aspidura drummondhayi , natural size, with enlarged figures 
of upper, lower, and side views of head. 
