"oak ‘te | 
: = ae 
158 UROPELTID &. 
much longer than broad. Eye measuring hardly half the length of 
the ocular. Diameter of body 26 or 27 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, 128-130. 
Subcaudals 8. End of tail nearly flat above, obliquely truncate, 
with strongly bi- or tricarinate scales; terminal scute with a 
transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Brown above, 
with small yellowish dots; yellow inferiorly, with large black spots 
or cross bands. 
Total length 200 millim. 
Tinnevelly Hills, 8. India. 
a-b. i (V.128,  Tinnevelly, 3000-4000 feet. | Col. Beddome [C.}, 
130; C.8, 8).* (Types.) 
21. Silybura brevis. 
Uropeltis ceylanicus, Cuv. 2. A. 2nd ed. 3 p-. 76 (1829); Cocteau, 
*n Guér, Mag. Zool., Cl. iii. pl. ii. (1833 
Pseudo-Typhlops ceylanicus, ‘Cie. ADbil 45 (1844). 
Coloburus ceylanicus, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. di, pl. a fig. 3 rs 
Siloboura ceylonica, Gray, oes Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 262. 
Silybura ceylonica, Peters, Uropelt. } 21 (1861). 
— ceylenica, part., Peters, Mon. Berl. OR 1861, p- 903; Giinth. 
Proe. Zool. Soe. 1875, p. 228. 
—— brevis, Giinth. ‘Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) ix. 1862, p. 56, ee 
Brit. Ind. p. 192, pl. xvii. fig. D (1864), and Proe. Zool, Soc. 1 875, 
Gnd. Rept p. 268 Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 184 (1876) ; Bouleng. Faun’ 
nd t 
—- shortii, EP daome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 225, pl. xxv. fig. 1; 
aes Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 191, pl. it 5 fig. 'e; Theob. 1. ¢. 
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cides nilgherriensis, Beddome, 1. c. p. 226, pl. xxvi. fig. 1, and Ann. § 
Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 14. 
—— bicatenata, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 191, pl. xvii. fig. H, and 
Proce. Zool, Soc. 1875, p. 229; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 184. 
—— ellioti, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 190, and Proe. Zool. 
Soc. 1875, 298; Theob. l. c. p. 183; Beddome, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 
(5) xvii. 1 6, p. 14. 
—— ellioti, vars. shortii, annulata, Beddome, Ann. § Mag. N. H. 
(5) xvii. p. 15. 
Snout rounded; rostral hardly one fourth the length of the 
shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above shorter 
than its distance from the frontal; nasals in contact; frontal a 
little longer than broad. Eye more than half the length of the 
ocular. Diameter of body 21 to 29 times in the total length. 17 
scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. Ventrals 
twice as large as the contiguous scales, 120-146. Subcaudals 8-12. 
End of tail flat above, obliquely truncate, with strongly bi-, tri-, or 
quadricarinate scales; terminal scute with a transverse ridge and 
two more or less distinct points. Brown or blackish brown above, 
with or without yellowish spots or cross bars or a yellowish lateral 
stripe; belly yellowish, with or without dark brown spots, or - 
