Nostrils on the ridge of the snout, between an upper and lower nasal plate, both being rather swollen; three small shields behind the nostril. Eyelids none; collar none, only a small fold before each shoulder. Ventral shields four-sided, rhombic, smooth; scales on the back rhombic, keeled, imbricate. Femoral pores. Toes 5-5, keeled beneath, not toothed on the sides.

Mr. Blyth refers to this genus a species which we have not seen:-
Ophiops jerdoni (Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xxii. p. 603):-"Dark bronze above, black-spotted, with two obscure broad dorsal streaks; below white throughout. Femoral pores seven or eight. Shields of head plaited longitudinally. Length of head and body 1 1A2 inch, of tail 2 1A4 inches, of hind limb 3A4 inch. Procured at Mhow, in pasture land, by T. C. Jerdon, Esq."