230 COLUBRID. 
laterally, 170-202; anal divided; subcaudals 41-59. Pale brown 
or orange above, with well-defined black cross bands, which vary 
in number and in width according to individuals, and may be edged 
with white; an angular or transverse black band between the eyes, 
another behind, with the apex on the frontal, and a third on the 
nape; lower surfaces uniform yellowish, rarely spotted with brown 
or with a brown posterior border to the ventrals. 
Total length 600 millim. ; tail 90. 
India and Ceylon, northwards to Nepal and the Himalayas. 
A. Belly uniform yellowish. 
a-d, § (V.178,172;C. India. 
59, 50), Q (Vv. 192; C. 
45) , & ye. (V.186, 188 ; 
C. 54, 50). 
e. 2 iV. 183; C. 45). Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 
PB}: 
J. Yg. (V. 187; C. 53). Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlagin- 
tweit [C.]. 
ee at Veo = o 47). Deccan. Col. Sykes [C.]. 
h. & (V. 186; C. 54). Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.}. 
2 Yg.(V. 202; C. 48). Deesa. Dr. Leith tp 
ene (Vel sb; 6. 53). Madras. Rev. G. Smith be 
Lm. 3 (Vv. 170; C.50)  Anamallays. Col. Beddome [C. }. 
& 9 (V.185; C. 46). 
nm. 9 (V. 190; C. a Ceylon. Sir J. Banks [P.]. 
0.6 (V: 179; C.?). Near Kandy. Capt. Gascoigne | P.]. 
(Type of S. albiventer.) 
p. & (V. 199; C. 47). —? 
B. Belly spotted with brown. 
Yg. (V. 185; C. 46). Nepal. B. H. Meow Esq. 
Pil 
wee (¥.180; C41). S. India. Bs i Jerdon, Esq. 
Pj, 
19. Simotes theobaldi. (Prats IX. fig. 3.) | 
Simotes theobaldi, Giinth. Ann. & May. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 417; 
Bouleng. Faun. ‘Ind., Rept. p. 315 (1890). 
Nasal divided or semi-divided ; portion of rostral seen from above 
shorter than its distance from the frontal; suture between the 
internasals much shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal 
a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little 
shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long as deep, longer than 
the posterior nasal; preocular single: two postoculars ; temporals 
1+2; eight upper Jabials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; four 
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 171-180; anal divided; subcandals 34—42. 
Brown above, with three light longitudinal lines, between which are 
