92. siMOTEi=i. 219 



A, Pale transverse bands narrower than the interspaces between 

 them ; scales in 19 rows. (^S. jixrjiui'nsceiis, Schleg.) 



a. Yg. (Y. 182 ; C. 43). Java. 



b. Hgr. (V. 1(J9 ; C. 61). Matang, Borneo. 



B. Harrow dark transverse bands ; scales in 19 rows. 

 (/S. lahuanensis, Gthr.) 



rt. Hgr. (Y. 186; C. 54). Singapore. Governor of Singapore [P.]. 



6. Yg. (Y. IGH; C. 53). Deli, Sumatra. Mr. Iverseu [C.]. 



c. Yg. (Y. 169; C. 59). Sumatra. Dr. Bleeker. 



d-e. d (V. 170; C?) & Nias. Hr. Sundermann [C.]. 



2 (Y. 174; C. 53). 

 /. J (Y. 171; C. ?). Labuan, Borneo. L. L. Dillwyn, 1 Types of 



E.sq. [P.]. I S. labua- 

 ir. d" (Y. 187; C. 60). ? ) nmsis. 



C Narrow dark transverse bands ; scales in 21 rows. 

 (*S'. trinotatus, D. & B.) 



rt. 2 (V. 190; C. 53). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 



b. Hgr. (V. 165 ; C. 53). Deli, Sumatra. Prof. Moesch [C.]. 



3. Simotes cyclurus. 



Ooronella cyclura, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 50. 



Simotes bicatenatus, Giinih. Sejyt. Brit. Ind. p. 217 (1864) ; Theob. 



Jmirn. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 40; Stoliczlta, Journ. As. Soc. Beny. 



xl. 1871, p. 430; Anders. Proc. Zool Soc. 1871, p. 170. 

 fasciolatus, Gilnth. I. c. p. 218, pi. xx. fig. B. 



cochincliinensis, G-iinth. I. c. p. 219, pi. xx. fig. C. 



brevicauda, Steind. Kovara, Rept. p. 61, pi. iii. figs. 13 & 14 



(1867). 



obscurus, Theob. Cat. Pept. As. Soc. Mm. p. 48 (1868). 



crassus, Theoh. I. c. 



cyclurus, Boukny. Faun, hid., Rept. p. 311 (1890) ; 11". L. 



Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Benff. Ix. 1890, p. 235. 



Nasal divided : portion of rostral seen from above nearly as long 

 as its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals as 

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

 long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little longer, and 

 as long as the parietals ; loreal as long as deep, or a little deeper 

 than long ; pra?ocular single, usually with a small subocular below 

 it, between the third and fourth labials ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 2 + 2; normally eight upper labials, fourth and filth entering the 

 eye ; four, rarely three, lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields one half or two thirds the length 

 of the anterior. Scales in 19 or 21 rows. Ventrals 156-210, 

 angulate laterally ; anal undivided ; subcaudals 37-5S. Pale brown 

 or greyish above, with or without four darker brown stripes, the 

 median pair separated by the vertebral series of scales ; antero- 

 lateral border of some of the scales frequently black ; markings on 

 the head as in S. albocinclns : lower surfaces j'ellowish, uniform, 

 or with squarish brown spots on each side below the angle of the 



