3. SILYBURA. : 149 
as large as the contiguous scales, 151-180. Subcaudals 6-11. Tail 
round or slightly compressed, the terminal upper scales more or less 
distinctly pluricarinate ; the terminal scute with a transverse ridge, 
ae hares —. Brown, with or without yellowish dots 
y with irregular yellowish spots; no yellow band 
on the side of the tail. . z 
Total length 190 millim. 
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oe. aC¥. . 167, 180, io Anamallays, 4000 feet. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
“ohh ,10)& OV. 160 (Types.) 
ok, 2 154, 157,151, Anamallays,4700 feet. W. Davi ; 
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5. Silybura maculata. (Prare VI. fig. 2.) 
Silybura maculata, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 154, and Ann, 
Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 22; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 
p. 261 (1890). 
Snout obtuse ; rostral about one fourth the length of the shielded 
of the head, the portion visible from above as long as its dis- 
tance from the frontal ; nasals in contact; frontal longer than broad. 
Eye small, not half the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 
27 to 40 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, 152-173. Subcaudals 8-13. Tail rounded or 
a little compressed ; scales smooth or a few of the terminals faintly 
keeled ; terminal scute very small, bicuspid. Dark brown or black, 
with several deep red blotches along the sides of the anterior 
portion of the trunk and about the tail, rarely along the whole of 
the body. 
Total. length 380 millim. 
cigind and Travancore Hills, 6000-7000 feet. 
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6. Silybura liura. 
Silybura liura, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, » R228, P pl. xxxi. fig. B; 
Ann. & Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 18; Bouleng. 
Faun, Ind., Rept. p. 262 (1890). 
 Snout obtusely pointed; rostral about one third the length of 
the shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above as long 
as its distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact ; frontal longer 
than broad. Eye small, not half the length of the ocular. Dia- 
meter of body 32 to 38 times in the total length. 17 scales round 
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