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3. SILYBURA, 151 
hm, 3 “214; ae 11) Oochin, Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C. 
& 9 Nate 0.8 ) ’ y [C.}. 
3 4 ogo 292; Anamallays. Col. Beddome [0. 
"Sts Sa (V. 22, § led 
997, 218, 223; 0.7, 7, 
7,7). , 
8. Silybura nigra. 
ae ge (non Gray), Giinth, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1875, p.227, 
—— nigra, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 154, and Ann. § 
Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 12; Boulenyg. Faun. Ind., Rept. 
p- 263 (1890). 
Snout pointed ; rostral one third to two fifths the length of the 
shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above longer than 
its distance from the frontal, sometimes separating the nasals ; 
frontal a little longer than broad. Eye small, not half the length 
of the ocular. Diameter of body 23 to 30 times in the total length. 
Seales in 19 rows round the middle of the body, as well as behind 
the head. Ventrals about twice as large as the contiguous scales, 
163-178. Subcaudals 6-11. Tail rounded, the terminal scute 
with two small points; upper caudal scales more or less strongly 
pluricarinate. Blackish or dark violet, above with transverse 
series of small round yellow spots or ocelli ; a lateral series of large 
yellow spots, with may be confluent into a ‘band. 
Total length 280 millim. 
Hills of Southern India (Pulney, Anamallay, Madura, Tinnevelly), 
4000-5000 feet. 
a. o (V. 166; C. 11). Anamallays. ° Col. Beddome [C.}. 
1 3 at 163; OC. 10). Travancore. a C.}. 
0 
(V. 171; C.6). Travancore. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
“ ne Me 76, 1s 178, Pulney Hills. OC Beddome [C. 
78; of 8. wire) 
4 Ni in6, Wt: C. Pulney Hills. ome 
9. Silybura nitida. (Pare VI. fig. 3.) 
5 nitida, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. rie 154, and Ann. § 
sts (1200) ~ haae 1886, p- 19; Bouleng. Faun’ Ind., Rept. 
P- 
Snout obtusely 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; frontal as long 
as broad or a little longer than broad. Eye small, not half the 
length of the ocular. Diameter of body 30 to 35 times in the total 
length. 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the 
head. Ventrals twice as broad as the contiguous scales, 184-195. 
Subcaudals5-11. Tail round or slightly flattened above, the terminal 
seales strongly pluricarinate ; the terminal scute with a transverse 
