3. SILYBUEA. 149 



as largo as the contiguous scales, 151-180. Subcaudals 6-11. Tail 

 round or slightly compressed, the terminal upper scales more or less 

 distinctly pluricarinate ; the terminal scute with a transverse ridge, 

 without distinct points. Browni, with or without yellowish dots 

 above ; belly with small irregular yellowish spots ; no yellow band 

 on the side of the tail. 



Total length 190 miDim. 



AnamaUays. 



a, b-d. 6 (V. 167, 180, 157; AnamaUays, 4000 feet. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



C.ll,10,10)& $(V. 160; (Types.) 



CO), 



e-^. d" (V. 154, 157, 151, AnamaUays, 4700 feet. W. Davison, Esq. 



154,154; C.10,10,10,10, [P.]. 



10)&yg.(V.163;C.6). 



5. Silybura maculata. (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Silybura maculata, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 154, and Ann. 

 I Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1S86, p. 22 ; Boulemj. Faun, hid., Rent. 

 p. 261 (1890). 



Snout obtuse ; rostral about one fourth the length of the shielded 

 part of the head, the portion visible from above as long as its dis- 

 tance from the frontal; nasals in contact; frontal longer than broad. 

 Eye small, not half the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 

 27 to 40 times in the total length. 17 scales round the middle of 

 the body, 1!* behind the head. Vcntrals nearly twice as large as 

 the contiguous scales, 152-173. Subcaudals 8-13. Tail rounded or 

 a little compressed ; scales smooth or a few of the terminals faintly 

 keeled ; terminal scute very small, bicuspid. Dark brown or black, 

 with several deep red blotches along the sides of the anterior 

 portion of the trunk and about the tail, rarely along the whole of 

 the body. 

 . Total length 380 millim. 



Anamallay and Travancore Hills, 6000-7000 feet. 



a-c, d-e. S (V. 159, 154, AnamaUays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



156, 154 ; C. 12, 11, 13, (Types.) 



11) & $ (V. 105; C.8). 



f-i. $ (V. 170 ; C. 8), hgi\ High range of Travan- H. S. Ferguson, Esq. 



(V. 173 ; C. 8), & yg. core, 7000 feet. [P.]. 



(V. 158,152; C.8, 12). 



6. Silybura liura. 



Silybura liura, Giinth. Pi-oc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 228, pi. xxxi. fig. B ; 

 Beddome, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1880, p. 18 ; Bouleng. 

 Faun. Ind., Kept. p. 262 (1890). 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral about one third 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 longer 

 than broad. Eye small, not half the length of the ocular. Dia- 

 meter of body 32 to 38 times in the total length. 17 scales round 



