230 



laterally, 170-202; anal divided; subcaudals 41 -59. Tale brown 

 or orange above, with well-defined black cross bands, which vary 

 in number and in width according to individuals, and may be edged 

 with white ; an angular or transverse black band between the eyes, 

 another behind, with the apex on the frontal, and a third on the 

 nape ; lower surfaces uniform yellowish, rarely spotted with brown 

 or with a brown posterior border to the ventrals. 



Total length 600 millim. ; tail !H>. 



India and Ceylon, northwards to Nepal and the Himalayas. 



A. Belly uniform yellowish. 



a-d. <f (V. 178, 172 ; C. India. 

 50, 50), $ (V. 192 ; C. 



46), & 7*. (.188,188*1 



C. 64, 50). 

 e. $ (V. 183 ; C. 45). Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 /. Yg. (V. 187 ; C. 63). Sikkim. Messrs, v. Schlagin- 



tweit [C.]. 



g. $ (V. 190 ; C. 47). Deccan. Col. SykesTC.]. 



A. rf (V. 186; C. 64). Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



* Yg. (V. 202 ; C. 48). Deesa. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



k. c? (V. 175; C. 53). Madras. Kev. G. Smith [PA 



/, m. <3 (V. 170 ; C. 50) Anamallavs. Col. Beddoine [C.T 



& $ (V. 185 ; C. 46). 



n. $ (V. 190; C. 47). Ceylon. Sir J. Banks [P.]. 



o. <$ (V. 179; C.?). Near Kandy. Capt. Gascoigne [P.]. 



(Type of S. albiventer.) 

 p. ? (V. 199; C. 47). ? 



B. Belly spotted with brown. 



a. Yg. (V. 186 ; C. 46). Nepal. B. II. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. (V. J80 ; C. 41). S. India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



19. Simotes theobaldi. (PLATE IX. fig. 3.) 



Simotes theobaldi, Giinth. Ann. $ May. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 417 ; 

 Bouleng. Faun. 2nd., Kept. p. 316 (1890). 



Nasal divided or semi-divided ; portion of rostral seen from above 

 shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the 

 internasals much shorter than that between the prffifrontals ; frontal 

 a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long as deep, longer than 

 the posterior nasal ; pra?ocular single ; two postoculars ; temporals 

 1 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four 

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

 chin-shields about two thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 

 17 rows. Ventrals 171-180; anal divided; subcaudals 34-42. 

 Brown above, with three light longitudinal lines, between which are 



