aan COLUBRID ES. — 
F-g. & (V. 169, 160; C. Toungoo. E. W. Oates, Esq. 
31, 35). Pil, 
h-t. & (V. 162, 165; C. Burma. Col. Beddome [C.}. 
37, 37). 
21. Simotes torquatus. 
Simotes torquatus, Bouleng. Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) vi. 1888, p. 597, 
pl. v. fig. 1, and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 316 (1890). 
Nasal undivided; portion of rostral seen from above shorter 
than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the internasals 
shorter than that between the preefrontals ; frontal longer than its 
distance from the end of the snout and a little shorter than the 
parietals; loreal usually a little longer than deep; one pre- and 
two postoculars ; temporals 14+2,; seven upper labials, third and 
fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the 
anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields about two thirds the 
size of the anterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 144-159; anal 
divided ; subcaudals 27-34. Grey-brown above, with four rather 
indistinct darker longitudinal streaks, replaced in the young by 
series of small blackish spots; upper surface of head with some- 
times very indistinct symmetrical markings; a large dark brown 
(black in the young) spot below the eye, and a broad band of the 
same colour across the occiput, behind the parietal shields; lower 
parts white, usually with some black quadrangular spots on the 
posterior ventrals. 
Total length 290 millim.; tail 38. 
Upper Burma. 
a-b. 2 (V. 150; C. 31) Bhamo. M. L. Fea [C.]. (Types.) 
& yg. (V. 144; C. 30). 
22. Simotes planiceps. 
Simotes planiceps, Bouleng. Ann, Mus. Genova, (2) vi. 1888, p. 597, 
pl. v. fig. 2, and Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 816 (1890). 
Head much depressed; nasal undivided; rostral very much 
produced above, entirely separating the internasals and wedged 
in between the prefrontals; frontal elongate, longer than its dis- 
tance from the end of the snout and than the parietals; loreal 
longer than deep ; one pree- and two postoculars; temporals 1+1; 
five upper labials, third entering the eye ; four lower labials in con- 
tact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields hardly 
half as large as the anterior. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 132; 
anal divided; subeaudals 27. Pale brown above, with small oblique 
black markings occupying the anterior outer border of some of the 
scales; a black cross band on the occiput, behind the parietals ; 
upper lip yellow, with an oblique black streak below the eye, 
crossing the suture between the third and fourth upper labials ; 
