93. OLIGODON. 233 
lower parts pinkish, with square black spots mostly arranged in 
pairs. 
Total length 130 millim.; tail 15. 
Minhla, Burma. 
93. OLIGODON. 
Oligodon, Bote, Isis, 1827, p. 519; Wagler, Syst. Amph. p. 191 
(1830); Dum. §& Bibr. Erp. Gén. vil. p. 54 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. Col. 
Sn. p. 20 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 36; 
Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 205 (1864); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., 
Rept. p. 317 (1890). 
Calamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 
Homalosoma, part., Jan, J. c. p. 88. 
Rhynchocalamus, Giinth. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 491. 
Tripeltis, Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxiii. 1886, p. 487. 
Characters of Stmotes, but maxillary teeth fewer still (6 to 8), 
and no pterygoid teeth, the palate being entirely edentulous or with 
two or three teeth on each palatine. Scales in 15 or 17 rows. 
Southern Asia; Lower Egypt. 
This genus may have to be united with the preceding, S. venustus, 
being, as pointed out by Dr. Giinther (Ann. & Mag. N. H. (4) 1. 
1868, p. 416), intermediate between Simotes and Oligodon. 
Synopsis of the Species. 
I. Scales in 17 rows. 
A. Anal divided; no loreal shield; two postoculars. 
Portion of rostral seen from above as 
long as, or alittle shorter than, its 
distance from the frontal; latter 
shield as long as the parietals...... 1. venustus, p. 235. 
Portion of rostral seen from above as 
long as or a little shorter than its 
distance from the frontal; latter 
shield shorter than the parietals.... 
Portion of rostral seen from above much 
shorter than its distance from the 
(heS70 0 Se eo EP Pore a 3. affinis, p. 236. 
B. Anal entire ; loreal usually present. 
bo 
travancoricus, p. 236. 
Two postoculars ; subcaudals 35-46 .. 4. bitorquatus, p. 237. 
One postocular ; subcaudals 52-62.... 5. trilineatus, p. 238. 
II. Scales in 15 rows. 
A. Anal entire. 
1. Nasal divided. 
One postocular ; no loreal; only the 
third upper labial entering the eye.. 6. modestus, p. 238. 
