154 XTROPELTID-S. 



scales with three to five strong keels ; terminal scute with a trans- 

 verse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Brown, lower 

 parts mixed with yellow ; a yellow streak on each side of the neck ; 

 a yellow band across the anal region ; none on the sides of the tail. 



Total length 275 millim. 



Anamallays. 



a_c. 9 (V. 188, 182,180; Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



C. 6, 6, 7). (Types.) 



14. Silybura ellioti. 



Siluboura ceylonicus, Qray, Cat. Liz. p. 142 (1845). 

 Silobouva ellioti, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 2G2. 

 Silybura ellioti, Peters, Uropelt. p. 21 (1861) ; Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



1875, p. 228; Botdeny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 205 (1890). 

 Colobiirus ceylanicus, Jan, Icon. Gen. 1. 9, pi. ii. fig. 6 (1865). 

 Silybura eUioti, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 190 (1804) ; Tlieoh. 



Cat. Ilept. Brit. Ind. p. 133 ; Beddome, Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. (5) 



xvii. 1886, p. 20. 



punctata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 229. 



beddomii, part., Giinth. I. c. 



Snout pointed ; rostral about 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 very small, not half the length of 

 the ocular. Diameter of body 25 to '32 times in the total length. 

 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. 

 Ventrals nearly twice as large as the contiguous scales, 144-172. 

 Subcaudals 6-10. End of tail convex or somewhat flattened above ; 

 upper caudal scales with three to six strong keels ; terminal scute 

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

 Dark brown, uniform or with yellow dots above and small yellow; 

 dots interiorly ; a more or less distinct yellow line on each side of 

 tbe neck ; a yellow band on each side of the tail, connected with its 

 fellow by a transverse bar across the anal region. 



Total length 240 millim. 



Mountains of Southejn India. 



a. <S (V. 168 ; C. 9). Near Madras. Sir W. Elliot [P.]. 



(T^-pe.) 

 b-c. c? (V. 168 ; C. 10) Jeypore Hills, Vizaga- Col. Beddome [C.]. 



& 2 (V. 172; C. 6). patam. 



d. 2 (V. 144 ; C. 7). Golcondah Hills. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



(Type of «S'. ptmctata.) 

 e-h. J(V. 154; C. 9, 7) Pulney Hills. Col Beddome [C.]. 



& 2 (V. 157, 151, 152 ; (Types of S. punctata.) 



C. 7, 7, 6). 

 I. 2 (V. 155 ; C. 7). Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



(Type of »S'. punctata.) 

 k-q. $ (V. 109, 167, 170, Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



170; C. 7, 6, 7, 6) & 



yg. (V. 167, 160,166; 



C. 7, 8, 9V 

 r. (S (V. 154 J C. 9). Balarangams, Mysore. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



