222 COLtTBRIDJ!. 



e-f. 6 (V. 194; 0. 63) & Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



ligr. (V. 194; 0.69). 

 g. 5 (V. 203; 0. 56). Nepaul. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h-i. d" (V. 182, 177; ? Dr. Griffith. 



C. 62, 68). 



5. Simotes formosanus. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Simotes formosanus, Giinth. Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 20 ; 

 Fischer, Abh. natuno. Ver. Hamb. ix. 1886, p. 12. 



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

 distance from the frontal ; suture between the intern asals shorter 

 than that between the pra3frontals ; frontal longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal square ; 

 prseocular single or divided; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; 

 seven or eight upper labials, third and fourth or fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye; three or four labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which measure about once and a half the size of the 

 posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals obtusely augulate, 162— 

 173; anal entire: subnaudals 46-55. Pale brown above, with a 

 very indistinct lighter vertebral line and ill-defined dark cross bands 

 produced by the black borders of some of the scales ; ventrals yel- 

 lowish, brown on the sides, or with a lateral series of small blackish 

 spots. 



Total length 600 miUim. ; tail 95. 



S. China. 



a. S (V. 163 ; C. 55). Takao, Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 



b. 5 (V. 173 ; C. 46). Swatow. Christiania Museum. 



6. Simotes violaceus. 



Coronella violacea, Cantor, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 50, 

 Simotes cinereus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 215 (1864). 



swinhonis, Giinth. I. c. pi. xx. fig. E. 



multifasciatus, Jan, Icon. Gen. 12, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1865). 



semifasciatus, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 16. 



violaceus, Bouleng. Faim. Ind., Rept. p. 312 (1890). 



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 shorter than that between the prajfrontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as long 

 as the parietals ; loreal usually longer than deep ; prseocular single, 

 usually with a small subocular below, between the third and fourth 

 labials; one or two postoculars; temporals l-|-2; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; three or four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin- 

 shields one half or less than one half the size of the anterior. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals lGO-196; anal undivided; subcaudals 

 33-41. Pale brown, purplish or reddish above ; markings on tlic 

 head very indistinct. 





