92. siJioTEs. 229 



17. Simotes beddomii. (Plate IX. fig. 2.) 

 Simotes beddomii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. Sit (1890). 



Nasal undivided ; rostral comparatively small, the portion seen 

 from above much shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture 

 between the internasals much shorter than that between the proe- 

 frontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; prae- 

 ocular single ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; eight upper 

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

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

 about two thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Tentrals 167-168 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 43-46. Brown above, 

 with three light longitudinal lines, intersected by dark brown trans- 

 verse spots or lines : head with well-piarked dark brown markings, 

 viz. a crescentic band anteriorly, passing through the eyes, and a 

 chevron-shaped band behind, the apex on the frontal ; each of the 

 four anterior labials -with a brown spot ; a dark brown nuchal spot, 

 angular anteriorly, divided behind by the light vertebral line ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish, with very few, scattered, small brown 

 spots ; tail immaculate. 



Total length 330 millim. ; tail 50. 



Southern India. 



a-b. d (V. 167; C. 4.3) Wynad. Col. Beddorae [C.]. 



&yg.(V.168; C.46). (Types.) 



18. Simotes arnensis. 



Seha, Thes. ii. pi. Ixii. fig. 4 (1735) ; Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pis. xxxv. 



& xxxviii. (1796). 

 Coluber arnensis, Shaio, Zool. iii. p. 526 (1802). 



russelius, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 395, pi. Ixxvi. fij?-. 2 (1803). 



Coronella russelii, Schleg. PIij/s. Serp. ii. p. 78 (1837). 



Coluber monticolus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52. 



Simotes russellii, Bmn. Sr Blhr. vii. p. 028 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 



p. 24 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1863, p_. 233, 



and Icon. Gen. 11, pi. vi. fig. 1 (18G5) ; Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 213 (1864). 



albiventer, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 213. 



arnensis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 314 (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 nearly as long as that between the prtefrontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little 

 shorter, and a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal, if distinct, 

 longer than deep, frequently united with the prefrontal ; prasocular 

 single ; two postoculars ; temporals l-|-2 : seven upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields one half or two thirds 

 the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals annulate 



