SIMOTES. 309 



The Snake described by Giintlier as CoroneUa onentaUs (Eept. 

 B. I. p, 236) is a South-American Lioj^his, L. lAblabes^ j)^"T^'''"'^^' 

 D. & B., the type of which (no. 363S) I have recently examined in 

 the Paris Museum. 



374. CoroneUa hrachynra. 



Zameuis bracliyurus, Clitnth. A. M. X. H. (3) xviii, 1860, p. 27, pi. vi. 

 h'g. A ; Bhnf. J. A. S. /,'. xxxix, ls70, p. ;172 : Amlcr.''. P. Z. S. 

 1871. p. I7<!:' Thp<J>. Cof.i^. 171. 



liostral broader than deep, visible from above ; suture between 

 the internasals shorter than that between the prtefrontals ; frontal 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal as long as deep ; one prieocular ; two 

 postoculars ; temporals 2-|--; eight upper labials, fourth and 

 fifth entering the eye; five lower labials in contact with the an- 

 terior, chin-shields, which are slightly longer than the posterior; 

 the latter widely separated from each other by three series of scales. 

 Scales in 23 rows. A'entrals 213-223; anal undivided; subcaudals 

 43-53. Olive-browu above, with rather indistiuct light variegations 

 on the anterior half of the body; lower surface whitish. 



Total length 17 inches; tair2-2. 



Hah. Deccan ; the type specimen is from Poona ; a second speci- 

 men was obtained by 3Ir. l31anford near Wun, in South-eastern 

 Berar. 



Genus SIMOTES, 

 Duiu. \- liilir. Mrp. (Jrii. vii. ]». <>:>4. 18-14. 



Maxillary teeth 8 to 12, posterior very strongly enlarged and 

 compressed ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head short, not distinct 

 from neck; eye rather small, with roinid pupil; head-shields 



Fig. 1)7.— Head and deutitiou of Siiuotcs alhocincttis. 



usually normal, rostral large. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth 

 (or feebly keeled), in 13 to 21 rows, with or without apical pits; 

 ventrals rounded or obtusely keeled laterally : tail short or mode- 

 rate ; subcaudals in two rows. 



