Hi'. -I.M 229 



17. Simotes beddoraii. (PLATE IX. fig. 2.) 

 Simotes beddomii, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 314 (1800). 



Nasal undivided ; rostral comparatively small, the portion seen 

 from above much shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture 

 between the internasals much shorter than that between the prao- 

 frontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal longer than deep ; pne- 

 ocular single ; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four or five lower labials 

 in contact with the anterior chin-shields; posterior chin-shields 

 about two thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 17 rows. 

 Vontrals 167-168 ; anal divided; subcaudals 43-46. Brown above, 

 with three light longitudinal lines, intersected by dark brown trans- 

 verse spots or lines ; head with well-marked dark brown markings, 

 viz. a crescentic band anteriorly, passing through the eyes, and a 

 chevron-shaped band behind, the apex on the frontal ; each of the 

 four anterior labials with a brown spot ; a dark brown nuchal spot, 

 angular anteriorly, divided behind by the light vertebral line ; 

 lower surfaces yellowish, with very few, scattered, small brown 

 spots ; tail immaculate. 



Total length 330 millim. ; tail 50. 



Southern India. 



a-b. <f (V. 167 ; C. 4:5) Wynad. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



& yg. ( V. 168 ; C. 46). (Types.) 



18. Simotes arnensis. 



Seba, Thfs. ii. pi. Ixii. tig. 4 (1735) ; Russell, Ind. Serp. i. pis. xxxv. 



& xxxviii. (1796). 

 Coluber arnensis, Shatc, Zool. iit. p. 526 (1802). 



- russelius, JDaud. Rept. vi. p. 395, pi. Ixxvi. fijr. 2 (1803). 

 Coronella russelii, Schleg. Ph\i*. Serp. ii. p. 78 (1837). 

 Coluber monticolus, Cantor, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1839, p. 52. 

 Simotes russellii, Dnm. Sc Bibr. vii. p. 628 (1854); Giinth. Cat. 



p. 24 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phtjs. ii. 1863, p. 233, 



and Icon. Gen. 11, pi. vi. fig. 1 (1865)^ Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 213 (1864). 



albiventer, Giinth. Rept.. Brit. Ind. p. 213. 



arnensis, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 314 (1890). 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 

 distance from the frontal or a little shorter ; suture between the 

 intornasals usually nearly as long as that between the proefrontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout or a little 

 shorter, and a little shorter than the parietals ; loreal, if distinct, 

 lunger than deep, frequently united with the pncfrontal ; praoocular 

 single; two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2 ; seven upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin -shields one half or two thirds 

 the length of the anterior. Scales in 1 7 rows. Ventrals angul.ito 



