152 ITROPELTIDiE. 



ridge and two more or less distinct points. Black, inferiorly with 

 distant largo yellow spots, which usually alternate but sometimes 

 meet to form cross bands. 



Total length 350 millim. 



Anamallays. 



a-h, c-e. S (V. 195, 187 ; Cochin side of the Ana- Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 C. 11, 11) & $ (V. mallays, 4000-5000 ft. (Types.) 

 191, 184, 192; C. 6, 

 7,6). 



10. Silybura dindigalensis. (Plate VII. fig. 1.) 



Silybura dindigalensis, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 167, and 

 Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 13; Boidemj. Faun. Ind., 

 Bept. p. 264 (1890). 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral compressed, about two fifths the 

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

 above much 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 26 to 

 32 times in the total length. 17 scales round the middle of the 

 body, 19 behind the head. Yentrals twice as broad as the con- 

 tiguous scales, 156-168. Subcaudals 5-10 ; tail obliquely truncate, 

 flat above, with strongly pluricarinate scales ; terminal scute with a 

 transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Yellowish 

 above, the scales edged with darker, with small dark brown spots ; 

 belly dark brown, with yellow spots or irregular cross bars ; a 

 yellow streak on the lips, continued along each side of the neck. 



Total length 355 millim. 



Sirumallay Hills, Madura District, 4000-5000 feet. 



a,h d. S (V. 150; C. 10) Sirumallays, near Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 & 2 (V. 166, 168, 167 ; Dindigal. (Types.) 



C. 6, 6, 5). 



11. Silybura hroughami. (Plate VII. fig. 2.) 



Silybura broughami, Beddome, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 800, ajid 

 Ann. ^ Mat/, N. II. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 11 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 

 Bept. p. 264 (1890). 



levingii, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 801. 



Snout acutely pointed ; rostral compressed, obtusely keeled above, 

 about two fifths the length of the shielded part of the head, the 

 portion visible from above much longer than its distance from the 

 frontal ; nasals in contact behind the rostral ; frontal as broad as 

 long, or slightly longer than broad. Eye very small, tjot half the 

 length of the ocular. Diameter of body 34 to 40 times in the total 

 length. 19 scales round the middle of the body as well as behind 

 the head. Ventrals not twice as broad as the contiguous scales, 

 203-230. Subcaudals 7-10 ; tail obliquely truncate, flat above, 

 with strongly pluricarinate scales ; terminal scute bicuspid. Brown 



