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spite of its few inches, succeeded in scaring a party of Burmans, whose 
womankind seized their children and fled, the men declaring from its vehe- 
mence, that it must be a young cobra, On the other hand, one we had 
sent into us, alive, and apparently unhurt, when loosed behaved with great 
timidity, hiding its head beneath its coils, and refusing to strike or menace 
on the greatest provocation. This had however been imprisoned in a bottle 
for some hours previously. 
30. Simotes cyclurus:—thirteen specimens, obtained from Rangoon, and 
Districts, L. B.* 
Post-nasals—divided into two superposed scales, R. (2) ; L. (1). 
- Frontal—greater than distance to end of snout, (8). 
Antoculars—one R. and L, (1), (ie., the subocular of Boulenger is 
absent.) 
Temporals—1-+1 (3), 1+2 (5). 
Labials—seven with 3rd, and 4th touching the eye L. (1). 
Anterior chin shields—in contact with five labials R. and L, (1). 
Subcaudals—a4 (2). 
_ Colour—Very variable, from light cocoatina to dark café-au-lait, and at 
least two specimens were exactly the colour ofa boiled shrimp ; others 
the dusky variety of shrimp. 
31. Simotes theobaldi :—One specimen, obtained from Myingyan, U. B. + 
Ventrals—167. 
Subcaudals—-40. 
32. Simotes violaceus :~—Four specimens, from Rangoon, and Districts, and 
Arakan Hills, 4,000 feet, L. B. * 
Frontal—greater than distance to end of snout, (4). 
Antoculars—1 KR and L (1), (.e., the subocular of Boulenger is absent), 
3L (4). 
Temporals—2 +2, R and L (2). 
Labials—Seven, with 3rd and 4th, touching the eye Rand L (1), This 
last feature has been already recorded in the Society’s Journal, Vol, XII, 
No. 4, page 766. 
33. Trimeresurus gramineus :—Ten specimens, obtained from Rangoon, 
and Districts, L. B, * 
Temporals with modified keels, ¢.¢., tectiform ; or shaped like the carapaee 
of a tortoise (8) not recorded (2). 
Subcaudals—44, 
Length—3’ 8”; tail 63”. 
We have seen this species strike, and its methodis remarkable, It fixes 
itself by its caudal extremity firmly toa branch, leaving most of its body 
free, which it suddenly throws forward in its endeavour to reach an offending 
agent, This failing, by some extraordinary muscular power itis able to 
sustain itself without support in a more or less horizontal position; the body 
* Lower Burma, + Upper Burma. 
