208 UBOPELTIDvE. 



316. Silybnra rubromaculata. 



Silybura rubromaculata, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc. 1 867 ; 

 Giinth. P. Z. 8. 1875, p. 229 ; Theob. Cat, p. 135 ; Beddome, A. M. 

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



Snout obtuse ; rostral a little more than 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 a 

 little longer than broad. Eye half or somewhat more than half 

 the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 25 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, 

 127-136; subcaudals 8-10. End of tail flat above, obliquely 

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

 with a transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Dark 

 olive-brown, uniform above ; lower parts variegated with yellow 

 and red ; some red blotches on each side of the anterior part of 

 the body, and one on each side of the tail near the vent. 



Total length 13'5 inches. 



Had. Anaimalai Hills, 4000-4700 feet, 



317. Silybura arcticeps. 



Silybura arcticeps, Giinth. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 229, fig. 

 Silvbura nilgherriensis, vav. arcticeps, part., Beddome, A. M. N. H. 

 (5) xvii, 1886, p. 16. 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral about one fifth the length of the 

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

 about half its distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact ; frontal 

 much longer than broad. Eye measuring hardly half the length 

 of the ocular. Diameter of body 26 or 27 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, 128-130 ; 

 subcaudals 8. End of tail nearly flat above, obliquely truncated, 

 with strongly bi- or tricarinate scales ; terminal scute with a 

 trausverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Brown above, 

 with small yellowish dots ; yellow beneath, with large black spots 

 or cross bands. 



Total length 8 inches. 



Hab. Tinnevelly Hills, 3000- 4000 feet. 



318. Silybura brevis. 



Uropeltis ceylanicus, C'uv. Regne An. 2nd ed. ii, p. 76 ; Cocteau, in 



Guer. Mag. Zool. 1833, cl. iii, pi. ii. 

 Coloburus cejdanicus, Dum. 4' Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 164, pi. lix ; 



fig. 3. 



Siloboura ceylonica, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 262. 

 Silybura ceylanica, Peters, Uropelt. p. 21. 

 Silybura ceylanica, part., Peters, MB. Ak. Berl 1861, p. 903 ; Giinth. 



P. Z. S. 1875, p. 228. 



