3. SILTBUBA. 155 



s. $ (V. 162; C. 7). Yerkand, Shevaroys. Dr. J. E. Henderson 



[P.]- 

 t-u. S (V. 151 ; C. 10) N, Canara. Col. Beddome [0.1. 



& ? (Y. 172 ; C. 7). 

 u. c? (V.148; C. 11). Madras Presidency. Col. Beddome [0.]. 



15. Silybura phipsonii. 



Silybura elliotti, part., Gunth. Sep. Brit. Ind. p. 190 (1864) ; Theol. 



Cat. Rept Brit. Ind. p. 133 (1876) ; Beddome, Arm. ^ Mag. N.H. 



(5) xvii. 1886, p. 20. 



ceylonica, part., Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 228. 



phipsonii, Mason, Ann. 8^ Mag. N. E. (6) i. 1888, p. 184 ; 



Botdeng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 266 (1890). 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral one third the length of the 

 shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above longer 

 than its distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact behind the 

 rostral ; frontal longer than broad. Eye rather more than half the 

 length of the ocular. Diameter of body 28 to 38 times in the 

 total length. Scales in 17 rows round the middle of the body, in 

 17 or 19 round the neck. Ventrals nearly twice as large as the 

 contiguous scales, 144-157. Subcaudals 7-12. End of tail flat 

 above, obliquely truncate, with strongly bi- or quadricarinate scales ; 

 terminal scute with a transverse ridge and two more or less dis- 

 tinct points. Brown, uniform or with yellowish dots above; a 

 more or less marked short yellow streak on each side from the 

 commissure of the mouth ; a yellow band on each side of the tail, 

 connected with its fellow by a transverse bar across the anal region. 



Total length 280 millim. 



Bombay Grhats, North Canara, Mj sore. 



16. Silybura rubrolineata. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Silybura rubrolineata, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 228 ; 

 Beddome, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 14 ; Bouleng. 

 Faun. Ind., Mept. p. 266 (1890). 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral about one fourth the length of 

 the shielded part of the head, the portion visible from above as long 

 as its distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact ; frontal as broad 

 as long or slightly longer than broad. Eye small, not half the length 

 of the ocular. Diameter of body 30 to 33 times in the total length. 

 17 scales round the middle of the body, 19 behind the head. 

 Ventrals twice as broad as the contijpious scales, 165-172. Sub- 

 caudals 6-8. End of tail flat above, obliquely truncate, with 



