92, sIMOTES. 229 
17. Simotes beddomii. (Prare IX. fig. 2. 
Simotes beddomii, Bowleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 314 (1890). 
Nasal undivided ; rostral comparatively small, the portion seen 
from above much shorter than its distance from the frontal; suture 
between the internasals much shorter than that between the pra- 
frontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 
a little shorter than the parietals; loreal longer than deep; pra- 
ocular single; two postoculars; temporals 1+2; cight upper 
labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four or five lower labials 
in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields 
about two thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. 
Ventrals 167-168; anal divided; subcaudals 43-46. Brown above, 
with three light longitudinal lines, intersected by dark brown trans- 
verse spots or lines; head with well-marked dark brown markings, 
viz. a crescentic band anteriorly, passing through the eyes, and a 
chevron-shaped band behind, the apex on the frontal; each of the 
four anterior labials with a brown spot; a dark brown nuchal spot, 
angular anteriorly, divided behind by the light vertebral line ; 
lower surfaces yellowish, with very few, scattered, small brown 
spots ; tail immaculate. 
Total length 330 millim.; tail 50. 
Southern India. 
a-b. S (V. 167; O. 43) Wynad. Col. Beddome [C.]. 
& yg. (V. 168; C. 46). (Types.) 
18. Simotes arnensis. 
Seba, Thes. ii. pl. xii. fig. 4 (1735) ; Russell, Ind. Serp. 1. pls. xxxv. 
& xxxviil. (1796). 
Coluber arnensis, Shaw, Zool. iii. p. 526 (1802). 
russelius, Daud. Rept. vi. p. 395, pl. Ixxvi. fig. 2 (1803). 
Coronella russelii, Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 78 (1837). 
Coluber monticolus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 62. 
Simotes russellii, Drum. §& Bibr. vil. p. 628 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 
p. 24 (1858); Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii, 1863, p. 235, 
and Icon. Gén. 11, pl. vi. fig. 1 (1865); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 
p. 215 (1864). 
albiventer, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 218. 
arnensis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 314 (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 nearly as long as that between the prafrontals ; 
frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little 
shorter, and a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal, if distinct, 
longer than deep, frequently united with the prefrontal ; preocular 
single ; two postoculars; temporals 1+ 2; seven upper labials, third 
and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields one half or two thirds 
the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals angulate 
