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zontal diameter of the eye slightly less than its distance from the nostril. 

 Frontal shield not as long as its distance from the point of the snout ; in 

 contact with eight other shields. Supralabials 9, of which Nos. 4, 5 and 6 

 enter the orbit of the eye. Preeocular one on either side. Loreal one. 

 Postoculars two. Temporals two anterior ones on the right, one on the 

 left. Infralabials 10, five of them touching the anterior and two the pos- 

 terior sublinguals. The posterior sublinguals longer than the anterior. The 

 specimen came from Nabwel village near Haka, altitude about 5,000 feet. 



Coluber tceniurus. 



A single specimen, No. 10 of 1909. 



Length 5 It. 6 ins. Tail 12-| ins. The dorsal scales numbered 23 — 21 

 — 17. Ventrals 250. Anal divided. Subcaudals 98 pairs doubtfully. It 

 was caught in the military police lines and apparently taken for a King 

 Cobra to judge from the way it was knocked about. 



Simotes albocinctus. 

 [Var. — typica — F. W.] 



Two specimens were obtained. 



No. XII was killed by my wife about half a mile from Haka on the 

 Haka-Falam road in September 1907, and is now much bleached. Length 

 20 ins. Tail 4 ins. Dorsal scales 19 — 19 — 15. Ventrals 181. Anal entire. 

 Subcaudals 61 pairs. Supralabials on right side seven, of which 3rd and 

 4th enter the eye ; on left eight, 4th and 5th entering the eye. 



No. XIII was brought from Nerlon village just below Haka, altitude about 

 6,000 ft. or perhaps less. Length 29 ins, Tail 4| in. Dorsals 19—19—15. 

 Ventrals 191, Nos. 75 and 76 from the head having a small division near one 

 side, possibly the result of an accident. Subcaudals 52 pairs. The suture 

 between the internasal shields is greater than that between the prsefrontal 

 pair. The supralabials present the same abnormality as in No. XII. Colour 

 mahogany red above, coral red below with large squarish black spots near 

 the ends of the ventrals. There are 27 white dorsal cross bands about two 

 scales wide, edged with black. On the nape the white cross band is dis- 

 torted forwards to the parietal shields where it disappears, its black margin 

 ending in a circular black spot on the parietals. A black or dark-brown 

 mark curves across the head through the eyes to the labial margin. There 

 are some small black lateral spots. 



Oligodon dorsalis. 



Four specimens all captured on roads in the station. 



Length. Tail. Ventrals. Subcaudals. 



No. XIV.. .. 20" 2f" 179 35 pairs. 



No. XV .. .. 16" li" 170 27 „ 



No. 9 of 1909 . . 17i" 2f" 176 42 „ 



.No. 11 of 1909 .. 7" I" 179 38 „ 



