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rows in their entire body length. I think it still remains to be con- 

 clusively shown that some of the species now assigned to these two 

 genera are not misplaced. I still expect to find that 0. venustus has 

 better claims to rank with Simotes nnd that dorsalis should be con- 

 sidered likewise a Simotes rather than an Oligodon. 



Fig. 5 



Oligodoro dorhalu 



(* 3) 



My specimen has a handsome light vertebral band from the nape 

 to the tail tip of a colour like what is called a light chestnut in 

 equines. This is well defined by black lines running down the 

 row adjacent to the vertebral. The outer half of this same row, and 

 the whole of the row below are dark cigar-brown. The rest of the 

 dorsal aspect is blackish, with a black line running along the confines 

 of the 2nd and 3rd rows above the ventrals. The head is finely 

 speckled with black. There are two conspicuous black belts on the 

 tail — one basal and one subterminal. The belly is richly ornamented 

 with stripes of jet-black and enamel-white, occupying the whole 

 or half the width of each ventral, and irregular in distribution. The 

 tail beneath is bright yew- berry red, unspotted and unhanded, and 

 very similar to that seen in S. cruentatus. It is a very handsome 

 little snake. 



Ablabes frenatus. 



Three specimens, all $. The largest 2 feet and \ an inch. Ven- 

 trals, 154 to 155. Subcaudals, 95 to 97. The scales are 15 in the 

 whole body length. 



The secretion of the anal glands is custard-like. 



