SIMOTES. 315 



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

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

 anterior labials \\ith 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. 



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

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

 coloration . 



382. Simotes theobaldi. 



Simotes theobaldi, Gilnth. A. M. N. H. (4) i, 18G8, p. 417; Theob. 

 Cat. p. 152. 



Nasal divided : portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals much 

 shorter tl)an that between the praefrontals ; frontal a little longer 

 than its distance from tbe 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. Yen- 

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

 three liofht longitudinal lines between which are transverse blackish 

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

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

 behind, the apex on th(^ frontal ; a large blacidsh iiuchal spot, 

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

 with or without square bhxck spots ; tail immaculate. 



Total length 15 inches ; tail 1*25. 



JIah. Pegu, L^pper Burma. 



383. Simotes crueiitatiis. 



Simotes crueutatiLS, Gilnth. A. M. N. H. (4) i, 18G8, p. 417; Theob. 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. x, 1868, p. 41 ; ul Cat. p. 151 ; Stoliczha, P. A. 

 S.L'.1872,^. 145. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above shorter than 

 its distance from tlie frontal, suture between the internasals much 

 shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal as long as its 

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

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

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

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

 the anteriorchin-shields ; posterior chin-shields about two tlnrds the 

 length of the anterior. Scah^s in 17 rows. Ventrals 1 48-167 : anal 



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