3. sILYBuRA. 159 
entirely brown ; lower surface of tail brown or black in the middle, 
ow on the sides. 
Total length 450 millim. 
Mountains of Southern India. 
a. g (V. 184; C. 11). Nilgherries. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
(Type of S. nilgherriensis.) 
pf § (V. 144,148; C.  Nilgherries. Col. Beddome 'C.}. 
ov 142; C. 9). Nilgherries. 
ge ®, 136; 6:10). Gudalur, Wynad, E. Pringle, Esq. 
3000 feet. a? 
Ff. Yg. (V. 185; C.9). Wynad, 3500 feet. Co ome [C,}. 
(Type of S. annulata.) 
g- Ys. V. 182; C. 9). ‘Balarangams. Beddome [C.}. 
. 125; o. fas Pulney Hills. Col. Beddome [C. 
i it (V. 122; 9). Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C. 
of S. brevis.) 
k-m,n. 3 (V. 123,127; Anamallays, 4000 Co dome [C.}. 
C. 10, 5 & £3 (V. 132, feet. 
45; 
145 ; 
o-r. fo vi. 48 140, 142; Shevaroys. Col. Beddome ode) 
ce. 10, 11, 10) & hgr. (Type of S. 
(Vv. 140 ; ; ©. 9). 
8. 3d (V. 120; C. 9). niyo 1 Range, Travan- 4.58. Feb is 
t. fo (V. pak C. 10). Malabar. Col. Beddome [C. 
wu. 9, bad sta Malabar. Col. Beddome [C,}. 
v. 3 (V. 135 ; 6, 12). Deccan (?). Col. Sykes [P. 
(Type of S. bicatenata.) 
22. Silybura macrolepis. 
Silybura macrolepis, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 904; Giinth. 
t. Brit. Ind. p. 189, pl. xvii. fig. B (1864) ; heob. Cat. Rept. 
Brit. Ind. p. 132 (1876) ; Beddome, Ann. § Mag H, (5) xvii. 
1886, p. 24; Bouleng. Faun, Ind., Rept. P. 269 (1800), 
Snout rounded ; rostral not 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 as broad as 
long or slightly longer than broad. Eye more than half the length 
of the ocular. Diameter of body 24 to 29 times in the total length. 
15 scales round the middle of the body, 17 behind the head. 
Ventrals twice as large as the contiguous scales, 128-140. Sub- 
caudals 7-9. End of tail flat above, obliquely truncate, with 
strongly bicarinate scales ; terminal scute with a transverse ridge 
and two points. Black or dark purplish brown, each scale with a 
lighter edge ; a short but broad yellow band on the lips and sides of 
neck, continued as a series of two to five large spots ; a yellow band 
along each side of the tail. 
“Total length 295 millim. 
Bombay Hills. 
