92. BIMOTES. 



Ilolaivhus, Cope, Proc. Am'r. Philos. Soc. xxiii. 1886, p. 488. 

 Dicrnulax, Cope, Am. Nat. 189.3, p. 480. 



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Maxillary teeth 8 to 12, posterior very strongly enlarged and 

 compressed ; mandibular teeth subequal. Head short, not distinct 

 from neck ; eye rather small, with round pupil ; rostral largo. 

 .Body cylindrical ; scales smooth or feebly keeled, in 13 to 21 rows, 

 with or without apical pits ; ventrals rounded or obtusely keeled 

 laterally. Tail short or moderate ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Southern China, East Indian continent and archipelago. 



Skull of Simotes albocinctiis. 



Si/nopsix of the 

 I. Anal entire. 



A. Portion of rostral seen from above as long as or a little shorter 

 than its distance from the frontal. 



1. Scales in 19 or 21 rows. 



a. Two superposed anterior temporals ; fifth or fourth and 

 fifth labials usually entering the eye. 



. Four internasals ; ventrals not angulate laterally. 



1. 8j>1en<H(hts, p. 217. 



ft. Two internasals ; ventrals angulate laterally. 



Suture between the internasals as long 

 as or longer than that between the 

 pnefronf als ; frontal large, consider- 

 ably longer than its distance from the 

 end of the snout ................ 2. /"// m.v,vn.. p. 218. 



