serita
mycterizans, _Linn._
fusca.
Dipsadomorphus
Ceylonensis, _Guenth._
Lycodon
aulicus, _Linn._
Cercaspis
carinata, _Kuhl._
Bungarus
fasciatus, _Schneid._
var. Ceylonensis, _Gthr._
Naja
tripudians, _Merr._

CHELONIA.

Testudo
stellata, _Schweig._
Emys
Sebae, _Gray._
trijuga, _Schweigg._
Caretta
imbricata, _Linn._
Chelonia
virgata, _Schweigg._

EMYDOSAURI.

Crocodilus
biporcatus. _Cuv._
palustris, _Less._

BATRACHIA.

Rana
hexadactyla, _Less._
Kuhlii, _Schleg._
cutipora, _Dum. & Bib._
tigrina, _Daud._
vittigera, _Wiegm._
Malabarica, _Dum. & Bib._
Kandiana, _Kelaart._
Neuera-elliana, _Kel._
Bufo
melanostictus, _Schneid._
Kelaartii, _Guenth._
Ixalus
variabilis, _Guenth._
leucorhinus, _Martens._
poecilopleurus, _Mart._
aurifasciatus, _Schleg._
schmardanus, _Kelaart._
Polypedates
maculatus, _Gray._
microtympanum, _Gth._
eques, _Guenth._
Limnodytes
lividus, _Blyth._
macularis, _Blyth._
mutabilis, _Kelaart._
maculatus, _Kelaart._
Kaloula
pulchra, _Gray._
balteata, var. _Guenth._
stellata, _Kelaart._
Adenomus
badioflavus, _Copr._
Pyxicephalus
fodiens, _Jerd._
Engystoma
rubrum, _Jerd._

PSEUDOPHIDIA.

Caecilia
glutinosa, _Linn._

NOTE.--The following species are peculiar to Ceylon (and the genera
Ceratophora, Otocryptis, Uropeltis, Aspidura. Cercaspis, and Haplocercus
would appear to be similarly restricted);--Lygosoma fallax; Trimesurus
Ceylonensis, T. nigromarginatus; Megaera Trigonocephala; Trigonocephalus
hypnalis; Daboia elegans; Rhinophis punctatus, Rh. homolepis, Rh.
planiceps, Rh. Blythii, Rh. melanogaster; Uropeltis grandis; Silybura
Ceylonica; Cylindrophis maculata; Aspidura brachyorrhos; Haplocercus
Ceylonensis; Oligodon sublineatus; Cynophis Helena; Cyclophis calamaria;
Dipsadomorphus Ceylonensis; Cercaspis carinata; Ixalus variabilis, I.
leucorhinus, I. poecilopleurus; Polypedates microtympanum. P. eques.

CHAP. X.

FISHES.

Hitherto no branch of the zoology of Ceylon has been so imperfectly
investigated as its Ichthyology. Little has been done in the examination
and description of its fishes, especially those which frequent the
rivers and inland waters. Mr. BENNETT, who was for some years employed
in