SIMOTES. 315 



crescentic baud anteriorly, passing through the eyes, and a chevron- 

 shaped band behind, the apex on the frontal ; each of the four 

 anterior labials with a brown spot; a dark brown nuchal spot, 

 angular anteriorly, divided behind by the light vertebral line. 

 Lower surface yellowish, with very few, scattered, small brown 

 spots ; tail immaculate. 



Total length 13 inches ; tail 2. 



Hob. Wynaad. Two specimens, obtained by Col. Beddome. 

 Allied to S. theobaldi, Gthr., which it resembles strikingly in 

 coloration. 



382. Simotes theobaldi. 



Simotes theobaldi, Giinth. A. M. N. H. (4) i, 1868, p. 417 ; TJieob. 



Cat. p. 152. 



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Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals much 

 shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal a little longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal twice as long as deep, longer than the posterior 

 nasal; praeocular single ; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; upper 

 labials 8, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields about 

 two thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ven- 

 trals 174-179 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 35. Brown above, with 

 three light longitudinal lines between which are transverse blackish 

 bars ; head with well-marked dark markings, viz. a crescentic band 

 anteriorly, passing through the eyes, and a chevron-shaped band 

 behind, the apex on the frontal ; a large blackish nuchal spot, 

 partly divided by the light vertebral line. Lower surface yellowish, 

 with or without square black spots ; tail immaculate. 



Total length 15 inches ; tail 1 -25. 



Hab. Pegu, Upper Burma. 



383. Simotes cruentafrus. 



Simotes cruentatus, Giinth. A. M. N. H. (4) i, 1868, p. 417 ; Theob. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. x, 1868, p. 41 ; id. Cat. p. 151 ; Stoliczka, P. A. 

 S. B. 1872, p. 145. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from the frontal, suture between the internasals much 

 shorter than that between the praefrontals ; f routal as long as its 

 distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal longer than deep, but shorter than in the preceding species ; 

 prseocular single ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; upper labials 

 8, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 4 lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields about two thirds the 

 length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 148-167 ; anal 



