3, SILYBURA. 153 



above, with more or less distinct transverse scries of small yellow, 

 black-edged ocelli ; sides with a series of large yellow spots ; ventrals 

 dark brown. 



Total length 410 railliin. 



Sirumallay and Lower Pulney HUls, S. India. 



a. $ (V. 227 ; C. 7). Sirumallay HiUs, Ma- Col. Beddome [C.]. 



dura District, 5500 ft. (Tvpe. ) 



b-c. S (V. 203; C. Lower Puluey Hills, Col. Beddome [C.]. 



10) & $ (V. 230 ; 4000 ft. (Types of S. levhign.) 



C. 8). 



12. Silybura macrorhynchus. (Plate VIII. fig. 1.) 



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

 Ann. L^- Miiff. N. H. (5) xvii. 1880, p. 19 ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 

 Eept. p. 264 (1890). 



Snout acutely pointed, much produced ; rostral strongly com- 

 pressed, keeled above, half the length of the shielded part of the 

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

 long. Eye very small, not one third the length of the ocular. 

 Diameter of body 38 times in the total length. 17 scales round the 

 middle of the body and 1!) behind the head. Ventrals not quite twice 

 as large as the contiguous scales, 213. Subcaudals 6 ( $ ) ; end of 

 tail subtruncate, the rugose part small and rather flat, the scales 

 with three to five 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 570 millim. 



Anamallays. 



a. 2 (V. 213 ; C. 6). xVbove Ponachi, 4000 ft. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



(Type.) 



13. Silybura beddomii. 



Silybura beddomii, Giinth. Ann. >.y Mai/. X. II. (3) ix. 1862, p. 56, 



and Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 190, pi. xvii. tig. F (1864) ; Theob. Cat. 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 1;{3 (1876) ; Boulemj. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 265 



(1890). 

 ellioti, part., Beddome, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, 



p. 20. 



Snout acutely pointed, mucli 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 lialf the length of the ocular. Dia- 

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

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

 large as the contiguous scales, 180-188. Subcaudals 0-7 ( $ ) : 

 end of tail subtruncate, convex or somewhat flattened above, the 



