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Ablabes Calamaria. 



Head short and hardly distinct from neck, 

 eye small with round pupil, single nasal shield, 

 frontal longer than its distance from end of 

 snout, slightly shorter than the parietals, one prae- 

 ocular, and two post-oculars (only upper one in 

 contact with parietal), seven upper labials, third and 

 fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin shields. Scales in 

 15 rows, smooth (or feebly keeled) Ventrals 

 130-154; anal divided; sub-caudals 64-76 in two 

 rows. Body cylindrical. Grows to 15 inches. 



Colour pale brown, sometimes with two longi- 

 tudinal lines. Ventrals yellowish. 



Simotes Arnensis. 



Head short, not distinct from neck ; eye 

 small with round pupil. Frontal as long as its 

 distance from end of snout, or a little shorter, a 

 little shorter than the parietals ; one prae-ocular, 

 twopost-oculars, seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact 

 anterior chin shields. Scales in 17 rows, smooth 

 or faintly keeled. Ventrals 170-202, and angulate 

 laterally ; anal divided ; sub-caudals 41-59, in two 

 rows. Body cylindrical. Grows to 24J inches. 



Colour pale brown, with thick and distinct 

 black bands. A black band between the eyes, and 

 a black chevron behind, with the frontal as apex. 

 Ventrals yellow, sometimes spotted brown. Grows 

 to 22 inches. 



Oligodon Sublmeatus, 



Head short, scarcely distinct from neck. Eye 

 small with round pupil. Frontal longer than its 

 distance from the end of the snout, as long as, or 



