14 Col. R. H. Beddome on the 



B. Snout obtuse, 

 a. With red markings. 



Silyhura ruhrolmeata. 



Silyhwa rubroUneata, Bedd., Giinther, Proc.Zool, Soc. March 16, 1875, 



p. 228. 



Snout obtuse, with the head and tail, chin-shields, &c. 

 exactly as in nilgherriensis ; ventrals 164 to 170. Colour uni- 

 form brown above and below ; a broad bright red band along 

 each side. 



Hah. Travancore hills and Anamallays. 



The typical specimen is from the Travancore hills and has 

 a broad unbroken red band along each side, 164 ventrals and 

 6 subcaudals ; the other two specimens in the British Museum 

 are from the Anamallays, one with 170 ventrals and 8 sub- 

 caudals, the other with 165 ventrals and 6 subcaudals (so that 

 the number of ventrals has no reference to sex, as is the case 

 in 8. nilgherriensis) J and they differ from the type in having 

 the lateral bands less distinct or more or less broken up into 

 blotches. 



Silyhura ruhromaculata. 



Silyhura ruhromaculata, Bedd. Madras Quart. Journ. of Medical Science, 

 1867, cum icon. ; Cxiintli. Proc. Zool. Soc. March 16, 1875. 



Snout obtuse, the head, tail, chin-shields, &c. exactly as in 

 iS', nilgherriensis ; ventrals 127 to 135, without reference to sex ; 

 subcaudals 9 or 10 in the males, 6 in the females. Length 

 about 12-13 inches, girth about 1^ inch. Colour brownish; 

 a portion of each scale dull yellow, the yellow colour predomi- 

 nating on the belly and sides ; five larger blood-red blotches 

 along the sides of the anterior portion of the trunk, and one 

 on each side of the tail near the vent. 



Hah. Anamallays, in the forests above Ponachi, 4000 feet 

 elevation. 



This and the last are perhaps only varieties of S. nilgherri- 

 ensis; but I have kept them distinct on account of the red 

 colouring, there being no trace of that colour in hundreds of 

 S. nilgherriensis that I have examined from time to time. 



b. Without red markings. 



Silyhura nilgherriensis, 



Uropeltis ceylanicus, Cuvier. 

 Coloburus ceylanicus, Bum. et Bil^r. 



