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men obtained from Shwegun on the Salween River is deserving of mention. 
This was a light brown with a ruddy tinge in the ground-colour, many scales 
edged either whitish or blackish and so arrangedas to form streaks, Eleven 
subovate large biack-edged vertebral spots on ithe body, and two on the tail, 
Head markings unusually distinct. This specimen had also only one preocu- 
lar R. and L, (é.¢.,) the sub-ocular of Boulenger was absent, One captured 
alive was remarkable in having the entire belly coral red, and was profusely 
spotted within the angulate ventrals, but immaculate beneath tail, 
(34) Srmores THEOBALDI.—Three specimens from Thayetmyo, L. B., 
Shwebo, and Ye-U, U. B, Nasals—Inone specimen undivided L, undivided 
? R. Postoculars—one R, and L. (1), the lower being confluent with fifth 
labial, Anterior chin shields—Contact with five lower labials R. and L, (1), 
R. (1). Ventrals—164, (1); 168, (1) ; 180, (1). Sub-caudals—z0, (1) ; 33, (1); 
39, (1). One,a young specimen, exactly resembled the adult form except 
that the colours were perhaps clearer, and the marks better defined. 
(35) SIMOTES VIOLACEUS.—Six specimens from Katha, U, B., and Taoung- 
gyi, Southern Shan States, Variety semifasciatus—5, Frontal— greater 
than distance to end of snout (5); slightly greater than parietals (2) ; 
slightly less (1), Temporals—two anterior R. and L. 8. (1), L. (1), Anterior 
chin shields—In ‘contact with five lower labials R.and L, (i), 3 L. (1). 
Ventrals—157, (1). Sub-caudals—29, (1) ; 30,(1) ; 31, (1) ; 32,(1) ; 33, (1). 
We have frequently remarked upon the diversity of colouring and markings 
in the genus Simotes, and of all the Simotes we know, we think perhaps 
this species surpasses its fellows in variation. 
Three of the above specimens (semifasciatus together with the next fascia- 
tus) we received in the same bottle from Katha, and before removing them 
we were fully prepared to find four separate species, and certainly never 
thought that all would prove of alike kind. One was light brown (the 
colour of weak tea with milk), a second was of a deep brown (the colour 
of a dark varnished cedar-wood pencil), a third blackish. These three 
were crossed with narrow black irregular bars, 1-2 scales wide, distinct 
vertebrally, but broken up laterally to contribute towards a general sparse 
mottling in the flanks. The intervals were 3-4 scales wide. The chevron 
head, and other markings were less distinct in the light specimen, 
and more soin the dark specimen. The two specimens from Taounggyi 
were of arich purplish-red colour with very similar bars, except that each 
bar was alternately distinct and less distinct. YVariety—jfasciatus (1), is what 
we propose to designate the fourth specimen we received from Katha. 
Frontal—greater than distance to end of snout,and greater than parietals. 
Temporal—two anterior, R.and L, Sub-caudals—32. Colour——-Light brown 
(colour of weak tea with milk), with 19 cross-bars on body, and three on tail, 
These bars involve 1-2 scales, and the intervals 7-8 scales, and are equally 
distinct in the whole length. They are of the same colour as the ground 
