160 UROPELTID &, 
a. Q (V. 140; ©. 9). cote? ) 
b-h. 2 (V. 133, 131, 131; Matheran. De etn [P.}. 
C. 8, 9, ”) & 1g. (V. 
128, 128, 182, 130; ©. 
8, 8, 8, 9). 
4. PSEUDOPLECTRURUS. 
Plectrurus, part., Beddome, Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 24, 
Pseudoplectrurus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 270 (1890). 
Eye small, in the ocular; no supraocular. Tail compressed, with 
the terminal seute compressed and with two superposed simple or 
bifid points. 
Southern India. 
1. Pseudoplectrurus canaricus. (Pxare X. fig. 1.) 
Silybura canarica, Beddome, Madras Journ. Med. Sc, 1870. 
Plectrurus canaricus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 229; Theob. 
Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 137 (1876); Beddome, Ann. § Mag. N. 
H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 27. 
sire Ne canaricus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 270 
Snout obtuse ; rostral hardly one fonrth 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 longer than 
broad. Eye not half the length of the ocular. Diameter of body 
32 to 48 times in the total length. 15 scales round the middle of 
the body, 19 behind the head. Ventrals not twice as large as the 
contiguous scales, 172-188. Subcaudals 6-13. Upper caudal scales 
smooth or feebly pluricarinate. Brownish violet, each scale usually 
paler in the centre ; with or without small yellow spots on the back ; 
lips yellow; some yellow blotches on each side of the anterior 
portion of the body; lower surface of tail yellow, with or without a 
black median streak. 
Total length 430 millim. 
Mountains of South Canara. 
a, b-e. g (V. 180, 175, Kudra Mukh, near = Col. Beddome [C.], 
176; C. 11, 12, 18), ¢ Mangalore, 6000 (Types.) 
(V. 185; C. 7),& yg. feet. 
) | 
. & (V. 182, 175,181, Kudra Mukh, 6200 _E. Pringle, Esq. [P.]. 
ra § 179;0.11,11,12, feet. aict » Beg. [Fe] 
7), & yg. (V. 176, 188 
182, 179; ©.11, 13, 12, 
8). 
5. PLECTRURUS. 
Plectrurus, Dum. § Bibr. Erp. Gén. vii. p. 166 (1854) ; Peters, Uro- 
pelt. p. 22 (1861) ; Giinth. hp Brit. Ind. p. 192 (1864) ; Bouleng. 
Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 270 (1890). 
Maudia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 261. 
Plectrurus, part., Beddome, Ann. § Mag, N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p, 24, 
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