1875.] DR. A. GUNTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. 229 
(Cuv. R. An.) =S. nilgherriensis (Bedd. Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1863, p. 226, pl. 26. fig. 1)=S. shortii (Bedd. J. c. 
p. 225, pl. 25. fig. 1): Bombay, Dekkan, Nilgherries, 
Shevaroys. 
Ventral scutes 130-135. Large blood-red spots on the sides 
of the neck, and one on each side of the vent. 
9. S. rubromaculata 
(Beddome). 
Ventral scutes 135. A regular narrow yellow band runs 
along each side of the body.......... 10. S. bicatenata 
(Ginth. Brit. Rept. p. 191, pl. 17. fig. H): Dekkan. 
Ventral scutes 122-131. Vertical shield broad. Brown 
above, yellowish on the sides and below, irregularly spotted 
with brown; sometimes the upper part of the sides orna- 
mented with short yellowish cross bars, which do not ex- 
RAN AptOds GE HOK: ole. Wik. oo 11. S. brevis 
(Ginth. Brit. Rept. p. 192, pl. 17. fig. D): Anamallays, 
Nilgherries. 
Ventral scutes 128-130. Snout obtusely conical, narrow ; 
rostral very short ; hinder part of the vertical much pro- 
duced. Brown above, lower parts yellow, with irregular 
Fig. 1. 
Silybura arcticeps (magn. 2 diameters). 
black cross bars. Lower side of the tail yellow, black in 
the middle ; terminal scute of the tail black. 
12. S. arcticeps, sp. n. 
Tinnevelly. 
b. Caudal disk rounded ; snout pointed. 
Ventral scutes 144-153. Black, upper parts dotted with 
PRS Rel ones. icf il depend ga ctisay Ezraenen me lee 13. S. punctata 
(Beddome): Pulney hills, Goleondah hills. 
PLECTRURUS CANARICUS. 
Stlybura canarica, Beddome. 
This species differs from the other species of Plectrurus in having 
