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lines, and the space on centre of back between the two broadest 

 black lines was red ; the belly was also bright red. 



A third specimen was caught in the Botanical Gardens, Singa- 

 pore. Ventrals 168; subcaudals 59. Colours (from spirit): — 

 Pale brown above, shading to buS underneath, with eight very 

 dark-brown longitudinal lines, those nearest the centre of the 

 back are the broadest, blackest, and most distinctly defined ; the 

 outer lines are narrow, light, and indistinct ; the intermediate rows 

 are transitional in width, colour, and sharpness of outline. 



There is a specimen in the British Museum from Singapore from 

 Dr. Dennys. 



Hah. Southern India, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



47. SiMOTBS SIGNATUS, Gthr. 



Simofes signatus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 215, pi. xx. fig. F ; 

 Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 226. 



There are two specimens in the British Museum from Singapore. 

 Hob. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 



48. SiMOTBS ORUBNTATUS, Gthr. 



Simotes cruentatus, Stol. J. A. S. B. 1873, p. 121 ; Boul. Cat. 

 Snakes, ii. p. 231, pi. x. fig. 1. 



Stoliczka mentions this species as being in the collection he got 

 from Penang and Province Wellesley. 



Hah. Burma and Malay Peninsula. 



49. Ablabbs tbioolob, Schl. 



Ablahes tricolor, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 281. 



Mr. Eidley has found this species in the Botanical Gardens at 

 Singapore ; two specimens collected by him there are . in the 

 British Museum. 



Hab. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 



50. Ablabes baliodibus, Boie. 

 Goronella baliodeira, Cantor, p. 66. 



Ahlabes haliodirxis, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 283. 

 Cantor obtained two specimens from the hills of Penang; I 

 obtained one from Province Wellesley. 



Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 



51. Ablabbs longioaitda, Ptrs. 



Ablahes longicauda, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 284. 

 Miiller mentions a specimen from Penang in the B&le Museum 

 (Verb, natur. Ges. Basel, 1882, p. 143). 

 Hab, Malay Peniesula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



52. MaobooaiiAmus latbbalis, Gthr. 

 Macrocalamus lateralis, Boul. Cat. Snakes, ii. p. 327. 



" The only specimen known is from General Hardwicke's East 



