SILTBFRA. 265 



quite twice as large as the contiguous scales, 213; subcaudals 6 

 ( $ ). End of tail subtruncated, the rugose part small and rather 

 flat, the scales with 3 to 5 strong keels; terminal scute bicuspid. 

 Upper parts uniform brown, lower parts mixed with yellow ; a 

 yellow streak from the mouth along each side of the neck ; a yellow 

 streak on each side of the lower surface of the tail, connected with 

 its fellow by a cross bar on the anal region. 



Total length 22'5 inches. 



A single specimen is known, obtained above Ponachi, in the 

 Anaimalais, at an altitude of 4000 feet. 



310. Silybura beddomii. 



Silybura beddomei, Giinth. A. M. N. H. (3) ix, 1802, p. 50; id. 



Rept. B. I. p. 190, pi. xvii, fig. F ; Theob. Cat. p. 133. 

 Silybura ellioti, part., Beddome, A. M. N. H. (o) xvii, 1886, p. 20. 



Snout acutely pointed, much produced ; rostral strongly com- 

 pressed, keeled above, two fifths the length of the shielded part of 

 the head ; nasals in contact behind the rostral ; frontal longer than 

 broad. Eye very small, not half the length of the ocular. Diam- 

 eter of body 33 to 40 times in the total length. 17 scales round 

 the middle of body, 19 behind the bead. Ventrals not twice as 

 large as the contiguous scales, 180-188; subcaudals 6-7 ($). 

 End of tail subtruncated, convex or somewhat flattened above, the 

 scales with 3 to 5 strong keels ; terminal scute with a transverse 

 ridge and two more or less distinct points. Brown, lower parts 

 mixed with yellow ; a yellow streak on each side of the neck ; a 

 yellow band across the anal region, none on the sides of the tail. 



Total length 11 inches. 



Hab. Anaimalai Hills. 



311. Silybura ellioti. 



Siluboura ceylonicus, Gray, Cat. Liz. p. 142. 



Siloboura ellioti, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 2<i2. 



Silybura ellioti, Peters, Uropelt. p. 21 ; Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 228. 



Coloburus ceylanicus, Jan, Icon. Ophid. 9, pi. ii, fig. 6. 



Silybura ellioti, part., Giinth. Rept. B. I. p. 190 ; Theob. Cat. p. 133 ; 



Beddome, A. M. N. H. (5) xvii, 188(3, p. 20. 

 Silybura punctata, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 229. 

 Silybura beddomii, part., Giinth. 1. c. p. 228. 



Snout pointed ; rostral about one third the length of the shielded 

 part of the head, the portion visible from above longer than its 

 distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact behind the rostral ; 

 frontal longer than broad. Eye very small, not half the length of 

 the ocular. Diameter of body 25 to 32 times in the total length. 

 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. Ven- 

 trals nearly twice as large as the contiguous scales, 144-172 ; 

 subcaudals 6-10. End of tail convex or somewhat flattened above ; 

 upper caudal scales with 3 to 6 strong keels ; terminal scute with a 



