222 COLUBRID. 
ef. 3 (V. 194; C. 63) & Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [ P.}. 
her. (V. 194; C. 69). 
g. 2 (V. 203; C. 56). Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 
aig co V8 182, 17755 P Dr. Griffith. 
C, 62, 68). 
5. Simotes formosanus. (Puare VIII. fig. 2. 
Simotes formosanus, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 20; 
Fischer, Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. ix. 1886, p. 12. 
Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 
distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals shorter 
than that between the prefrontals ; frontal longer than its distanee 
from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; loreal square ; 
preocular single or divided; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; 
seven or eight upper labials, third and fourth or fourth and fifth 
entering the eye; three or four labials.in contact with the anterior 
chin-shields, which measure about once and a half the size of the 
posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals obtusely angulate, 162- 
173; anal entire; subcaudals 46-55. Pale brown above, with a 
very indistinct lighter vertebral line and ill-defined dark cross bands 
produced by the black borders of some of the scales ; ventrals yel- 
lowish, brown on the sides, or with a lateral series of small blackish 
spots. 
Total length 600 millim. ; tail 95, 
S. China. 
a. 3 (V. 163; C. 55). Takao, Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Hsgq. [C.]. 
(Type.) 
b. 2 (V. 173; C. 46). Swatow. Christiania Museum. 
6. Simotes violaceus. 
Coronella violacea, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 50. 
Simotes cinereus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 215 (1864). 
swinhonis, Giinth. 1. c. pl. xx. fig. E. 
—— multifasciatus, Jan, Icon. Gén. 12, pl. iv. fig. 2 (1865). 
semifasciatus, Anders. Journ, As. Soc. Beng. x\, 1871, p. 16. 
violaceus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 312 (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 shorter than that between the prefrontals ; 
frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as long 
as the parietals ; loreal usually longer than deep ; preocular single, 
usually with a small subocular below, between the third and fourth 
labials; one or two postoculars; temporals 1+2; eight upper 
labials, fourth ‘and fifth entering the eye; three or four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin- 
shields one half or less than one half the size of the anterior. 
Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 160-196; anal undivided; subcandals 
33-41. Pale brown, purplish or reddish above; markings on the 
head very indistinct. 
