158 TJEOPELTlBa;. 



mucli longer than broad. Eye measuring hardly half the length of 

 the ocular. Diameter of body 26 or 27 times in the total length. 

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

 Ventrals nearly twice as large as the contiguous scales, 128-130. 

 Subcaudals 8. End of tail nearly flat above, obliquely truncate, 

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

 transverse ridge and two more or less distinct points. Brown above, 

 with small yellowish dots ; yeUow inferiorly, with large black spots 

 or cross bands. 



Total length 200 miUim. 



TinneveUy Hills, S. India. 



a-b. Hgr. (V. 128, TinneveUy, 3000-4000 feet. Col. Beddome [C.]. 

 130; 0.8,8).; (Types.) 



21. Silybura brevis. 



Uropeltis ceylanicus, Cuv. R. A. 2nd ed. ii. p. 76 (1829) ; Cocteau, 



in Guir. Mag. Zool, CI. iii. pi. ii. (1833). 

 Pseudo-Typhlops ceylanicus. Schlep. Abbild. p. 45 (1844). 

 Colobui'us ceylanicus, Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 164, pi. lix. fig. 3 (1854). 

 Siloboura oeylonica. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 262. 

 Silybura ceylonica, Peters, Uropelt. p. 21 (1861). 

 ceylanica, part., Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1861, p. 903 ; Gunth. 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 228. 

 brevis, Giinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. (3) ix. 1862, p. 56, and Rept. 



Brit. Ind. p. 192, pi. xvii. fig. D (1864), arac? Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, 



p. 229 ; Theoh. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 134 (1876) ; Boxdeng. Faun. 



Ind., Rept. p. 268. 

 sbortii, Beddovne, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1863, p. 225, pi. xxv. fig. 1 ; 



Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 191, pi. xxvii. fig. G ; Theob. I. c. 



p. 134. 

 nilgherriensis, Beddome, I. c. p. 226, pi. xxvi. fig. 1, and Ann. Si- 

 Mag. N. H. (5) xvii. 1886, p. 14. 

 bicatenata, Cfilnth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 191, pi. xvii. fig. H, and 



Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 229 ; Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 134. 

 ellioti, part., Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 190, and Proc. Zool. 



Soc. 1875, p. 228 ; Theob. I. c. p. 133 ; Beddome, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 



(5) xvii. 1886, p. 14. 

 ellioti, vars. shortii, annulata, Beddome, Ann. §• Mag. N. H. 



(5) xvii. p. 15. 



Snout rounded; rostral hardly one fourth 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 a 

 little longer than broad. Eye more than half the length of the 

 ocular. Diameter of body 21 to 29 times in the total length. 17 

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

 twice as large as the contiguous scales, 120-146. Subcaudals 8-12. 

 End of tail flat above, obliquely truncate, with strongly hi-, tri-, or 

 quadrioarinate scales ; terminal scute with a transverse ridge and 

 two more or less distinct points. Brown or blackish brown above, 

 with or without yellowish spots or cross bars or a yellowish lateral 

 stripe; beUy yellowish, with or without dark brown spots, or 



