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92, SIMOTES. 993 
Total length 760 millim. ; tail 75. 
Bengal, Assam, Burma, Camboja, Southern China. 
A, Brown or reddish above, without dark markings; belly unspotted. 
(S. violaceus, S. cinereus.) 
a. g (V. 164; C.?). Camboja. M. Mouhot [C.]. 
(Type of S. cinereus.) 
b. S (V.169; C.35). Toungyi, S. Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway [C.]. 
5000 ft. 
B. The black edges of some of the scales forming more or less 
distinct. dark cross bands; belly unspotted. (S. swinhonis.) 
a. 6 (V.161; C. 37). Amoy. R. Swinhoe, Esq.[C.]. | 
b-e. $ (V. 165; C.39) —P Haslar Hospital. \ 
& 9 (V.174; C. 34). (Types of S. swinhonis.) 
d. 3 (V.160; C. 38). Hainan. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [C.]. 
e. 9 (V.166; 0.33). Island of Hong Kong. H.M.S. ‘Challenger.’ 
C. Intermediate between A and D. 
a. ¢ (V.172; C.38). Tenasserim. Col. Beddome [C. ]. 
_D. Above with more or less distinct dark cross bands; belly 
with quadrangular brown spots. (S. multifasciatus, S. semi- 
fasciatus.) 
a. 3 (V.175; C. 38). Assam. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
[Pal 
b. 3 (V.171;C. 34). Toungyi, 8S. Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway [C.]. 
5000 ft. 
7. Simotes woodmasoni. 
Simotes wood-masoni, W. L. Sclater, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1x. 1891, 
p. 235, pl. vi. fig. 2. 
Nasal divided; portion of the rostral seen from above a little 
shorter than its distance from the frontal; suture between the inter- 
nasals shorter than that between the preefrontals; frontal longer 
than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals; 
loreal small, longer than deep; one preocular; one subocular, 
separating the third labial from the eye; two postoculars; tem- 
porals 1+ 2; six upper labials, the fourth alone entering the eye; 
four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 
posterior chin-shields small, Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals strongly 
angulate, 180-186 ; anal undivided; subcaudals 57. Brick-reddish 
above, with traces of seven lighter stripes ; head with a dark median 
longitudinal mark extending from the frontal to the nape, where it 
bifureates, an oblique dark streak across the anterior nasal and the 
three anterior labials, a dark streak across the forehead through 
the eyes to the fourth and fifth labials, and an oblique dark streak 
across the parietals and the sides of the nape: dusky reddish 
beneath. 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 
