1878.] NEW INDIAN SNAKES. 801 



in which are often ocellated white spots ; sides with yellow blotches : 

 abdominals dark brown. 



Hab. Sirumullay hills (Madura district), 5500 feet elevation. 



SlLYBURA LEVINGII, 11. Sp. 



Scales in 19 rows round body, ventrals 196. Rostral sharply pointed; 

 nasals not quite separated by the rostral. Caudal disk very flat, the 

 scales prominently 3-10-keeled; subcaudals 8-9. Upper parts 

 purplish-brown, with narrow transverse black bands, in which are 

 arranged yellowish white spots ; sides with large yellow blotches ; 

 belly purplish brown, the blotches of the sides sometimes extending 

 more or less across, particularly in the posterior portion. Tail with 

 several yellow blotches on each side. 



This species has much the coloration of S. melanog aster. 



Hab. Lower Pulney hills (Madura district), 4000 feet elevation. 



Sect. 2. Scales in seventeen rows. 



A. Number of scutes exceeding 160. 



b. Caudal disk convex. 



SlLYBURA OCHRACEA, n. Sp. 



Scales in 17 rows (neck and body), ventrals 225-231, rarely only 

 214. Rostral obtusely conical, moderate; nasals forming a suture 

 behind the rostral ; caudal distinct, more or less convex, the scales 

 3-8-keeled. Terminal scute much broader than long, ending in two 

 points side by side ; anal bifid ; subcaudals 6-8-10. Back yellowish 

 green in life (yellowish-brown in spirits), in the young and half-grown 

 purplish brown, with irregular cross bands of ocellated spots, which 

 are yellow with a black ring ; sides and belly yellow, but the latter 

 much marbled and blotched irregularly with the ground-colour ; tail 

 black beneath, surrounded with a bright yellow band ; tail and head 

 blackish olive. Length of a full-grown specimen 20 inches. 



Hab. Anamullays, at Nelliam putty, 3000 feet, and at Ponachi, 

 4500 feet, and on the Bolumputty hills, 2000 feet. 



SlLYBURA DUPENI, n. Sp. 



Scales in 17 rows (19 round neck) ; ventrals 233. Snout obtuse ; 

 nasals not separated by the rostral ; caudal disk more or less convex, 

 the scales rough, with 3-7 keels ; terminal scute very sharply 

 bicuspid and very rugose, the points side by side; subcaudals 10. 

 Back uniform brown ; belly and sides (2-3 outer rows of scales) 

 yellow. 



Hab. Anamullays at Nelliamputty, 3000 feet. 



This may be only a variety of the last ; but it has quite a different 

 coloration. 



SlLYBURA GUENTHERI, n. Sp. 



Scales in 17 rows, ventrals 168. Rostral obtuse ; nasals entirely 

 separated by the rostral ; no supraorbital ; caudal disk convex ; tail 

 laterally compressed (as in Plectrurus) ; the scales perfectly smooth ; 



