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large: ear completely hidden. 22 smooth scales round the middle 
of the body, dorsals a little larger than laterals and ventrals. A pair 
of enlarged praeanals. Tail thick. Pale greyish brown, with a pair 
of dark brown streaks along the raiddle of the back and a_ broader 
dorso-lateral pair; below the latter and on the belly, brown lines 
run between the series of scales. 
Total length 95 mm.: tail ( reproduced ) 35 mm. 
The single specimen described was found beneath a log at 
Bangtaphan. 
This species is very closely related to the Australian L. ophio- 
scincus, Blgr. (Ophioscincus australis, Peters), which -differs in the 
rostral forming a broader suture with the fron‘onasal and in the 
broader frontal and parietals. 
SIMOTES INORNATUS. 
Nasal divided; portion of rostral seen from above, as long as 
its distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals longer 
than that between the praefrontals ; frontal as long as its distance from 
the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; loreal a little longer 
than deep; one praeocular and two postoculars; no suboculars ; 
temporais 142; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; 
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four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are 
nearly twice as long as the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 
171; and entire; subcaudals 42. Uniform pale brown above, yellowish 
white beneath. 
Total length 580 mm.; tail 90 mm. 
A single male specimen from Nong Kai Ploi, H. of Sriracha. 
The number of rows of scales easily distinguishes this species 
from S. violaceus, Cantor, to which it is most nearly related. 
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[This snake was collected and kindly forwarded to me by Mr. 
Pp. A. R. Barron, of the Borneo Company, to whom I am also indebted 
for a second specimen, which differs from the type description in the 
following particulars. Portion of rostral seen from above, shorter than 
its distance from the frontal: suture between the internasals equal to 
to suture between the praefrontals. Loreal as long as deep. Ventrals 
375. Subcaudals 40. Color. Above, dull, salmon-red (much brighter, 
I am informed, in life) and with very faintly marked dark greyish 
narrow cross-bars. Below, with indistinct, small, squarish spots, placed 
laterally, in the posterior half of the body and tail. This specimen has 
been in my possession for some months, and the handsome red coloring 
has gradually faded until now it is nearly of the brown hue deseribed 
