150 colubrim:. 



angulate, 156-197 ; anal entire; subcaiidals 43-01. Tellow or 

 pale brown above, with 6 or S black longitudinal stripes, or blackish 

 with yellow longitudinal lines, which are much narrower than the 

 interspaces between them ; head yellow, the two median black 

 dorsal stripes meeting on the frontal ; a black crescentic cross 

 baud anteriorly, passing through the eyes, and an oblique band on 

 each side from the parietal shield to below the angle of the mouth ; 

 lower parts uniform yellow, or Avith a series of black spots on each 

 side of the ventrals, sometimes confluent into a line. 



Total length 680 millim.; tail 100. 



Southern India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Eecorded 

 from Perak and Singapore. The commonest of the genus in the 

 Peninsula. 



160. Simotes signatus. 



Giiutb. Hept. Brit. Tnd. p. 215, pi. xx,fig-. F (1864) ; Bouleng. Cat. 

 Sn. ii, p. 226 (1894). 



Portion of rostral visible from above shorter than its distance 

 from the frontal ; sutui-e between the internasals as long as or 

 shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal longer than 

 its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; 

 a small square loreal ; one prse- and one postocular; temporals 

 1 + 2 ; 7 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; 3 or 4 

 lower labials in contact witli the anterior chin-shields, which are 

 a little shorter than the posterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 

 141-157; anal entire; subcaudals 47-59. Dark brown above, 

 with yellowish cross-bands or transverse rhomboidal spots ; the 

 first two cross-bands chevron-shaped ; head with dai'k brown 

 symmetrical markings separated by yello\vish interspaces; belly 

 yellowish, with a lateral series of brown spots. 



Total length 520 millim. ; tail 130. 



Singapore, Sumatra, Java. 



161. Simotes cruentatus. 



Glintli. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) i, p. 417 (1868) ; Bouleng. Faun. 

 Brit, lud., Kept. p. 315 (1890) : id. Cat. Sn. ii, p. 231 (1894). 



Portion of rostral visible from above shorter than its distance 

 from the frontal ; suture between the internasals much shorter 

 than that between the praefrontals ; frontal as long as its distance 

 from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the parietals ; 

 loreal longer than deep ; one praeociilar ; two postoculars ; tem- 

 porals 1 4- 2; 8 (rarely 7) upper labials, fourth and fifth (or third 

 and fourth)' entering the eye; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 148-173 ; anal divided ; subcaudals 

 27-37. Brown above, with four more or less distinct darker 

 longitudinal lines ; symmetrical dark markings on head broken up, 

 rather indistinct in the adult, an oblique spot below the eye and a 



