92. S11I0TE3. 227 



than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internaaals 

 slightly shorter than that between the prcxfroutals ; frontal as 

 broad as long, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals ; a small loreal ; one prte- and two post- 

 oculars ; temporals 1+2; seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Ventrals 153 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 49. Brown above, with 26 

 black annuli on the back, enclosing large and oval yellowish-brown 

 spots; sides black-spotted, with vertical and oblique yellowish 

 lines ; head yellowish brown above, with a dark brown bar 

 across the forehead, passing through the eye; a large A-shaped 

 marking from the frontal shield to the nape, and an oblique bar on 

 the temple; labials, chin, and throat black-spotted; lower parts 

 white, with a series of small black spots on each side. 



Total length 160 millim. ; tail 30. 



Korth Borneo. 



a. Yg. (V. 153 ; C. 49). N. Borneo. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



(Type.) 



14. Simotes taeniatus. 



Simotes taBniatus, Giinth. Proc. Zuol. Soc. 1861, p. 189, and Rent. 



Brit. Ind. p. 216, pi. XX. fia-. A (1864) ; Steind. Novara, Rept. 



p. 60 (1867) ; F. Mull. Verh. nat. Ges. Basel, vii. 1882, p. 144. 

 quadrilineatus, Jan, Nouv. Arch. Mus. ii. 1866, Bull. p. 7, 



and Icon. Gen. 12, pi. iv. fig. 3 (1865). 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above about half as 

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

 shorter than that between the pra^frontals ; frontal slightly longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter than 

 the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; one prasocular, usually with 

 a small subocular below it, between the third and fourth labials ; two 

 postoculars; temporals l-|-l-|-2, anterior very small; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are about once and a 

 half as long as the posterior. Scales in 17 or 19 rows. Ventrals 

 146-169 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 30-47. Brown above, with a 

 darker dorsal band enclosing a light vertebral line ; a dark lateral 

 streak or series of spots : a dark interocular band, passing through 

 the eyes and extending to the mouth, or a large triangular spot 

 covering the upper surface of the snout ; an oblique dark temporal 

 band, sometimes descending to or even extending across the throat, 

 confluent or not with a large nuchal spot ; usually a blackish spot 

 at the base, and another at the end of the tail ; lower parts whitish, 

 with squarish black spots which may be confined to the hinder 

 portion of the body. 



Total length 320 millim. ; tail 60. 



Siam, Camboja, Cochinchina. 



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