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transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Dark brown, 

 uniform or with yellow dots above and small yellow spots below, 

 a more or less distinct yellow line on each side of the neck ; a 

 yellow band on each side of the tail, connected with its fellow by 

 a transverse bar across the anal region. 



Total length 9-5 inches. 



Hob. This is the only species found in the Eastern hills of the 

 peninsula of India. It is recorded from the Jeypore Hills (A T iza- 

 gapatam district) and the Golgonda Hills. It is also known from 

 the Western Ghats ; Palni Hills, Anaimalais, Balarangams. 



312. Silybura phipsonii. 



Silybura ellioti, part., G'unth. Sept. B. I. p. 190; Theob. Cat. -p. 133 ; 



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

 Silybura ceylonica, part., G'unth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 228. 

 Silybura phipsonii, Mason, A. M. N. H. (6) i, 1888, p. 184. 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral 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 rather more than half 

 the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 28 to 38 times in the 

 total length. Scales in 17 rows round the middle of the body, in 

 17 or 19 round the neck. Ventrals nearly twice as large as the 

 contiguous scales, 144-157; subcaudals 7-12. End of tail flat 

 above, obliquely truncated, with strongly bi-, tri- or quadricarinate 

 scales ; terminal scute with a transverse ridge and two more or less 

 distinct points. Brown, uniform or with yellowish dots above ; 

 a more or less marked short yellow streak on each side, from the 

 commissure of the mouth ; a yellow band on each side of the tail, 

 connected with its fellow by a transverse bar across the anal 

 region. 



Total length 11 inches. 



Hub. Bombay Ghats, North Canara, and Mysore (Balarangam 

 Hills). 



313. Silybura rubrolineata. 



Silybura rubrolineata, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 228 ; Beddome, A. M. 

 N. H. (5) xvii, 1886, p. 14. 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral about one fourth the length 

 of the shielded part of the head, the portion visible from 

 above as long as its distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact ; 

 frontal as broad as long or slightly longer than broad. Eye small, 

 not half the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 30 to 33 times 

 in the total length. 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 

 behind the head. Ventrals twice as broad as the contiguous 

 scales, 165-172 ; subcaudals 6-8. End of tail flat above, obliquely 

 truncated, with strongly bi- or tricarinate scales; terminal scute 



