12; 



Purple or brown above, with dark, black-edged, wavy bands 

 or with yellowish transverse bands; a large, pointed, dark 

 brown marking on the occiput and nape, the point on the 

 frontal, often confluent with a dark band, passing through the 

 eyes; a dark oblique streak on the temporal region. Lower 

 surface yellowish, pinkish or coral-red with square dark spots. 

 Young specimens greyish with about 14 black transverse bands, 

 broadest on the middle of the back and edged with light, the 

 broad interspaces with 5 narrow black wavy bands. Head with 

 usual black markings. Total length 950 mm. 



Habitat: Nias ! ; Menta wei Islands (Sipora) ; Sumatra (Sabang 

 on Pulu Weh!, Atjeh, Labuan, Deli!, Indragiri, Djambi!, Bunga 

 Maas, Gunung SahilanI, Palembang); Borneo (Labuan, Saiap 

 on Mt. Kina Balu, Saribas, Kuching, Pangkalan ampat, Matang, 

 Kidi district, Paku, Penrissen Road, Buntok, Samarinda!); Java! 

 (Tenggcr Mts. 1200 M.). — Singapore; Pcnang; Malay Penin- 

 sula; Siam: Cochin China; S. China. 



Note. Simotes phaenockalimis Cope is mentioned from Java (?) 

 in Boulenger's Catalogue H p. 225. This locality does not 

 seem probable, as the species occurs in the Philippines only. 

 No recent publication about the Reptiles of the Sunda Islands 

 enumerates 5. p/urenoc/ialinus among the snakes of Java. 



26. Oligodon Boie. 



(BoiE, Isis, p. 519, 1827). 



Head short, not distinct from neck; eye small; pupil round; 

 internasals present or absent. Maxillary teeth 6 — 8, posterior 

 strongly enlarged; pterygoid toothless; palatines toothless or 

 with two or three teeth. Body round, covered with smooth 

 scales in 15 or 17 rows; ventrals rounded or with an obtuse 

 lateral keel. Tail short; subcaudals in two rows. 



Distribution. S. E. Asia; Syria; Lower Egypt. 



Key to the In do-Australian species. 



A. Scales in 17 rows. 



I. Internasals present 5 anal entire. 



a. Two postoculars; subcaudals 30 — 46 . . . l. O. hitorquatits p. 128. 



b. One postocular; subcaudals 52 — 62 .... 2. O. trilincatus p. 129. 

 II. Internasals absent; anal divided 'h- 0. tiurheiiiii p. 129. 



