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Show 1875.] DR. A. GUNTHER ON INDIAN REPTILES. 229 (Cuv. R. An.)=A. nilgherriensis (Bedd. Proc. ZooL Soc. 1863, p. 226, pl. 26. fig. 1 ) = A shortii (Bedd. I.e. 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 (Giinth. 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 ornamented with short yellowish cross bars, which do not extend across the back 11. >S. brevis (Giinth. 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 produced. 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 -white 13- &• punctata (Beddome) : Pulney hills, Golcondah hills. PLECTRURUS CANARICUS. Silybura canarica, Beddome. This species differs from the other species of Plectrurus in having |
