152 UROPELTID2. 
ridge and two more or less distinct points. Black, inferiorly with 
distant large yellow spots, which usually alternate but sometimes 
meet to form cross bands. 
Total length 350 millim, 
Anamallays. 
a-b, c-e. 8 (V. 195, 187; Cochin side of the Ana- Col. Beddome [€.]. 
©. 11, 11) & 9 (V.— mallays,4000-5000ft.  (Types.) 
191, 184, 192; C. 6, 
7, 5). 
10. Silybura dindigalensis. (Pxare VII. fig. 1.) 
Silybura dindigalensis, Beddome, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 167, and 
Ann. §& Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 13; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 
Rept. p. 264 (1890). 
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 truncate, 
flat above, with strongly pluricarinate scales ; terminal scute with a 
transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Yellowish 
above, the scales edged with darker, with small dark brown spots ; 
belly dark brown, with yellow spots or irregular cross bars; a 
yellow streak on the lips, continued along each side of the neck. 
Total length 355 millim. 
Sirumallay Hills, Madura District, 4000-5000 feet. 
a,b-d. g (V.156;0.10) —‘Sirumallays, near Col. Beddome [C.]. 
= Q Ware 168, 167 ; Dindigal. (Types.) 
. 6, 6, 5). 
11. Silybura broughami. (Prare VII. fig. 2.) 
Silybura broughami, 'Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 800, and 
Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 11; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 
Rept. p. 264 (1890). 
—— levingii, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 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. ye very small, vot 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 truncate, flat above, 
with strongly pluricarinate scales ; terminal seute bicuspid. Brown 
