92. sIMorEs, 219 
A, Pale transverse bands narrower than the interspaces between 
them ; scales in 19 rows. (S. purpurascens, Schleg.) 
a. Yg. (V. 182; C.48). Java. 
b. Hgr. (V. 169; C. 51).  Matang, Borneo. 
B. Narrow dark transverse bands; scales in 19 rows. 
(S. labwanensis, Gthr.) 
a. Hgr. (V. 186; C. 54). Singapore. Governor of Singapore [P. ]. 
6. Yg. (V. 166;.C. 53). Deli, Sumatra. Mr. Iversen [C.]. 
e. Ye. (V. 169; C. 59). Sumatra. Dr. Bleeker. 
G2. 15. OV. L7Os Cl2).8& Nias. Hy. Sundermann [C. ]. 
@ (V. 174; C. 53). 
ae UNcebC ls: Cs 2). Labuan, Borneo. L. L. Dillwyn,) Types of 
Esq. [P.]. S. labua- 
9.0 (V. 1875 ©2:60)- —? nensis. 
C. Narrow dark transverse bands ; scales in 21 rows. 
(S. trinotatus, D. & B.) 
a. 2 (V. 1190; C. 58). Pinang. Dr. Cantor. 
6. Her. (V. 165; C. 53). Deli, Sumatra. Prof. Moesch [C.]. 
3. Simotes cyclurus. 
Coronella cyclura, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 50. 
Simotes bicatenatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 217 (1864); Theob. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. x. 1868, p. 40; Stoliczka, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 
xl. 1871, p. 480; Anders. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 170. 
fasciolatus, Giinth. 1. c. p. 218, pl. xx. fig. B. 
— cochinchinensis, Giinth. 1. c, p. 219, pl. xx. fig. C. 
brevicauda, Steind. Novara, Rept. p. 61, pl. ili. figs. 15 & 14 
(1867). 
obscurus, Theob. Cat. Rept. As. Soc. Mus. p. 48 (1868). 
crassus, Theob. l.c. 
eyclurus, Louleny. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 311 (1890); W. L. 
Sclater, Journ. As, Soc. Beng. 1x. 1890, p. 235 
Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above nearly as long 
as its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals as 
long as or shorter than that between the prefrontals; frontal as 
long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little longer, and 
as long as the parietals; loreal as long as deep, or a little deeper 
than long ; preocular single, usually with a small subocular below 
it, between the third and fourth labials ; two postoculars ; temporals 
2+2; normally eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the 
eye; four, rarely three, lower labials in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields one half or two thirds the length 
of the anterior. Scales in 19 or 21 rows. Ventrals 156-210, 
angulate laterally ; anal undivided ; subcaudals 37-55. Pale brown 
or greyish above, with or without four darker brown stripes, the 
median pair separated by the vertebral series of scales; antero- 
lateral border of some of the scales frequently black ; markings on 
the head as in S. albocinctus: lower surfaces yellowish, uniform, 
or with squarish brown spots on each side below the angle of the 
