3. SILYBUEA. 157 



strongly bi-, tri-, or quadrioarinate scales ; terminal scute with, a 

 transverse ridge and two points. Black above, uniform or closely 

 spotted witb yeUow; belly orange, with alternating large black 

 spots or cross bands ; lower surface of tail black in tbe middle, 

 orange on the sides. 



Total length 350 miUim. 



Mountains of Southern India (Madura and Travanoore). 



a-b. (5 & yg. (V. 142, Cumbum Hills, Madura Col. Beddome [0.]. 



149 ; 0. 7, 8). District. (Types.) 



e. cJ (V. 150; C. 8). Near Peermede, North Ool. Beddome [0.]. 



Travanoore. (Type of S. picta.) 



d. S (V. 150 ; C. 8"). High Range, Travan- H. 8. Ferguson, Esq. 

 core. [P.]. 



19. Silybura rubromaculata. 



Silybura rubromaculata, Beddome, Madras Quart. Journ. Med. 8c. 

 1867, fig. ; Gunth. Proe. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 229 ; Theob. Cat. Rept. 

 Brit. Ind. p. 135 (1876) ; Beddome, Arm. %■ Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 

 1886, p. 14 ; Bouhng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 268 (1890). 



Snout obtuse ; rostral a little more than 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 a little 

 longer than broad. Eye half or somewhat more than half the length 

 of the ocular. Diameter of body 25 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 contiguous scales, 127-136. Sub- 

 caudals 8-10. End of tail flat above, obliquely truncate, with 

 strongly bi- or tricarinate scales ; terminal scute with a transverse 

 ridge and two more or less distinct points. Dark olive-brown, 

 uniform above ; lower parts variegated with yellow and red ; some 

 red blotches on each side of the anterior portion of the body, and 

 one on each side of the tail near the vent. 



Total length 340 miUim. 



Anamallays. 



a-c, d-e. (S (V. 132, 183, Anamallays, above Col. Beddome [C.]. 



127; 0. 10, 9, 10) & ? Ponachi, 4000 feet. (Types.) 



(V. 136, 133; C. 8, 8). 



f. S (V. 128 ; C. 9). Anamallays, 4700 W. Davison, Esq. 



feet. [P.]. 



20. Silybura arcticeps. 



Silybura arcticeps, Gunth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 229, fig.; 



Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Kept. p. 268 (1890). 

 nilgherriensis, var. arcticeps, part., Beddome, Ann. Sr Mag. N. 



H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 16. 



Snout obtusely pointed ; rostral about one fifth the length of the 

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

 about half its distance from the frontal ; nasals in contact ; frontal 



