264 UBOPELTID^E. 



. 307. Silybura dindigalensis. 



Silybura dindigalensis, Beddome, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 167; id. A. M. N. H. 

 (5) vii, 1886, p. 13. 



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. Ventrals twice as broad as the con- 

 tiguous scales, 156-168 ; subcaudals 5-10. Tail obliquely trun- 

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

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

 lowish above, the scales edged with darker, with small dark brown 

 spots; belly dark brown with yellow spots or irregular coss bars ; 

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



Total length 14 inches. 



Hab. Sirumalai Hills, Madura district, 4000-5000 feet. 



i 308. Silybura brougham!. 



Silybura broughami, Beddome. P. Z. S. 1878. p. 800 ; id. A. M. N. H. 



(5)xvii, 1886, p. 11. 

 Silybura levingii, Beddome, P. Z. S. 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, not 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 truncated, flat 

 above, with strongly pluricarinate scales ; terminal scute bicuspid. 

 Brown above, with more or less distinct transverse series of small 

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

 ventrals dark brown. 



Total length 16-5 inches. 



Hal. Sirumalai and Lower Palni Hills, 4000-5500 feet. 



309. Silybura macrorhynchus. 



Silybura macrorhyncha, Beddome, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 167; id. A. M. 

 N. H. (5) xvii, 1886, p. 10. 



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 19 behind the head. Ventrals not 



