314 COLUBEID^. 



Hah. Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and Malay Peninsula ; a single 

 young specimea was obtained by Col. Beddome in the Anaimalai 

 Hills. 



380, Simotes arnensis. 



liussell, Inch Serp. i, pis. xxxv & xxxviii. 



Coluber aruensis, Shear, Zool. iii, p. 526. 



Coluber russelius, Dcmd, Rept. \\, p. .395, pi. Ixxvi, fig. 2. 



Coluber monticolus, Cantor, P. Z. S. 18.39, p. 52. 



Simotes russelii, JDum, S,- Bihr. Erp. Gen. vii, p. 628 ; Jan, Icon. 



Op/lid. 11, pi. vi, fifv. 1; Giinth. Hcpf. B. I. p. 21.3; Theoh. Cat. 



p. 150. 

 Simotes albi venter, Oimth. Rept. B. I. p. 214, pi. xx, fig. D ; Theoh, 



I. c. p. 149. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 

 distance from the frontal or a little shorter ; suture between the 

 internasals usually nearly as long as that between the pra^frontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little 

 shorter, and a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal, if distinct, 

 longer than deep, frequently united with the prefrontal ; pra^ocular 

 single; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; upper labials 7, third 

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

 anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields one half or two thirds 

 the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. Yentrals angulate 

 laterally, 170-202 ; anal divided ; siibcaudals 41-59. Pale brown 

 or orange above, with well-defined black cross-bands, w bich vary 

 in nunil)er and in \\idth according to individuals, and may be edged 

 with white ; an angular or transverse black band between the eyes, 

 another behind, A\ith the apex on the frontal, and a third on the 

 nape. Lower surface uniform yelloAvish, rarely spotted with 

 brown or \A'ith a brown posterior border to the ventrals. 



Total length 24 inches ; tail 3-5. 



Ilah. Iiulia and Ceylon, northwards to Nepal and the Himalayas, 

 where it has been recorded from an altitude of 4100 feet. 



381. Simotes beddomii. 



Nasal undivided : rostral comparatively small, the portion seen 

 from above much shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture 

 between the internasals much shorter than that between the prfe- 

 frontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; pra3- 

 ocular single; two postoculars; temporals l-|-2; upper labials 8, 

 fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact 

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

 thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. A^entrals 

 167-168; anal divided; subcaudals 43-40. Brown above, with 

 three light longitudinal lines, intersected by darlv brown transverse 

 spots or lines ; head with ^ell-marked dark brown markings, viz. a 



