28 Col. R. H. Beddome on the 



last ventrals are roughened, with 1-2-3 tubercular keels ; tip 

 of tail flattened vertically, pustulose, simple, not cuspid ; 

 chin, tail, and body iridescent blackish brown, the ventrals and 

 the adjoining row of scales yellow. Length 6'53 inches (tail 

 0-40 inch). 



Hah. Anamallays. 



Teretkurus, new genus*. 



Head obtusely conical, not so flat as in Platyphctrurus ; 

 snout obtuse, but not so rounded as in Platyplectrurus ; eye 

 rather large, occupying more than half of the ocular shield ; a 

 small supraorbital ] a small temporal shield in conjunction with 

 the ocular and between the fourth labial and the occipital ; 

 first pair of lower labials form a suture behind the median 

 followed by a pair of chin-shields ; scales round the middle of 

 the body in 15 rows ; tail very short in both sexes, and ter- 

 minating in both in a single point ; the caudal scales smooth 

 or more or less keeled ; no median groove along the chin ; teeth 

 small. 



Hah. S. India. 



Teretrurus sa ngu inciis. 



Plectrurus sanffuineus, Bedd. Madr. Joiu-n. of Med, Science, 1867, p. 14, 



with plate. 

 Plati/plectiurus Hetvstotii, Bedd. Proc. Zool. Soc. Nov. 7, 1876. 



Snout obtuse ; rostral very small, one third size of a nasal ; 

 frontals much larger than the nasals ; temporal hardly more 

 than half as long as the occipital ; vertical six-sided, pointed 

 behind ; supraorbital not twice as large as the portion of the 

 ocular not occupied by the eye ; tail short, suddenly tapering, 

 the terminal scute ending in a sharp point in both male and 

 female; the caudal scales smooth in the female, a few of the 

 terminal ones with very faint keels in the male ; the first pair 

 of lower labials form a suture behind the median followed by 

 a pair of chin-shields ; ventrals twice as large as the adjoining 

 scales, 145 to 150 without reference to sex ; subcaudals 7 or 8 

 in the male, 5 or 6 in the female. Length 6-8 inches, girth 

 about I inch. Colour blackish violet above ; belly uniform 

 red or often with a few violet-black blotches. 



Hah. Anamallays, above Ponachi, elevation 4000 feet ; 

 very common. 



Var. /3. Heivstoni. 



Ventrals 123 to 127 only, otherwise as in the type. Two 

 specimens, one with 5 the other with 7 subcaudals. 

 Manantoddy (Wynad) ; elevation 2700 feet. 



* Teperpov ail awl, and uvpu. 



