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P. Adult, Madras. Presented by the Rev. G. Smith. 



/. Adult. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



g. Half-grown. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



h. Half-grown: head injured. Malabar. From M. Parzudaki's 

 Collection. 



i, k. Adult and young : bad state. India. Old Collection. 



I. Adult : very bad state. India. Old Collection. 



m. Adult. India. 



n. Young. India. 



o. Adult. India. (Cross bands very large and broad, lozenge- 

 shaped : fine specimen.) 



4. SiMOTES PURPURASCENS. 



Xenodon purpurascens, Schley. Ess. pi. 3. f. 13, 14, and 

 Abhildg. pi. 14; Dum. Sf Bibr. p. 753; Cantor, Catal. p. 67. 

 Coronella albociucta. Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 50. 

 Simotes albocincta, Dum. ^ Bibr. p. 633. pi. 82. f. 1. 



Above purple or brown, either uniform or with lighter, black- 

 edged cross bands; cross bands sometimes formed of two or 

 three confluent quadrangular spots. Scales in seventeen or nine- 

 teen rows. Anal entire. 



Var. A. Entirely uniform brown. 



a. Adult. Ceylon. Presented by Captain Gascoigne. 



b. Adult : bad state. India. From the Haslar Collection. 



Var. B. Brown, with very indistinct cross bands ; bellj' with 

 square black blotches. 



c. Adult. India. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 



Var. C. Purple, marbled with brown; back with a row of 

 two or three quadrangular, lighter, black-edged spots, confluent 

 into cross bands ; belly uniform whitish. 



d. Adult. Java. 



e,f. Adult. Phihppines. From Mr. Cuming's Collection. 



Var. D. Like former, but belly with large square black 

 blotches. 



g. Adult : bad state. Khasya. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 

 h. Half-grown. Khasya. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



Var. E. Purple, with rather narrow, lighter, black-edged cross 

 bands ; belly marbled with brown, or with square spots. 



i. Adult. Khasya. Presented by Dr. J. Hooker. 



k. Adult. India. Presented by the Zoological Society. 



