24 REPTILES. 



1. SiMOTES OCTOLINEATUS. 



Russell, hid. Serp. ii. t. 38. Elaps octolineatus, Schneid. Hist. 

 Amph. p. 299. Coluber octolineatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. iii. p. 540 ; 

 Merr. Tent. p. 145; Baud. Kept. vii. p. 17. Coronella octo- 

 lineata, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 539, 556; Schley. Ess. ii. p. 77- 

 Simotes octolineatus, Dura. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 634. 



Ferruginous, with two broader dorsal, and two or three nar- 

 rower, lateral, black, longitudinal lines. 



a. Adult. Sumatra. Presented by Mrs. J. Crosley. 



b. Adult : not good state. Borneo. From Mr. Low's Col- 



lection. 



c. Half-grown : head injured. Java. Presented by J. Bow- 



ring, Esq. 



d. Nearly adult. India. Presented by General Hardwieke. 

 e-h. Young and egg. India. 



i. Adult : bad state. India. 



k. Half-grown. India. Presented by Capt. Sir E. Belcher. 

 /. Young : bad state. India. 



m. Half-grown. India. Presented by General Hardwieke. 

 n. Large specimen. India, Presented by the College of Sur- 

 geons. 



2. Simotes binotatus. 



Simotes binotatus, Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 630. 



Whitish ; back with a row of pau's of black, white-edged, con- 

 fluent, quadrangular spots ; on each side a row of smaller ones. 

 Anal bifid. Scales in seventeen rows. 



a, b. Adult. Madras. Presented by J, C. Jerdon, Esq. 



3. Simotes russellii. 



Russell, Ind. Serp. i. t. 35 & 38. Coluber arnensis, Shaw, Gen. 

 Zool. iii. p. 526. Coluber russellii, Daud. Rept. vi. t. 76. f. 2 ; 

 Merr. Tent. p. 98. Coronella russelii, Schleg. Ess. ii. p. 79. 

 Simotes russelii, Dum. Sf Bibr. vii. p. 628. 



Above ferruginous, with twenty to forty narrow, continuous, 

 black, white-edged cross bands ; belly uniform whitish. 



a. Adult. India. Presented by General Hardwieke. 



b. Adult. India. Presented by W. C. Masters, Esq. 



c. Adult. India. 



d. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Sir G. Banks. 



