1872.] Stoliczka — Sarmese Meptiles 8fc. 145 



dually increasing in size ; first smallest, in contact with tlie nasals, second 

 in contact with nasal, fronto-nasal and prefrontal, third with the last and 

 ocular, fourth onl}^ with the last. None of the head-shields above are mark- 

 edly enlarged; the prefrontal and supraoculars are sub-equal and slightly 

 exceed the others in size ; the parietals are conspicuously narrower than 

 the supraoculars. All the head-shields are very finely porose ; the other 

 scales perfectly smooth, in 24 longitudinal rows round the body, in about 

 300 transverse rows coimted along the side of the body, and in ten round the 

 tail; the length of this last is less than the width of the head, it is 

 slightly curved and terminates in a very sharp point. 



Vinaceous black above, paler at the sides, yellowish below, the dark 

 coloration very irregularly encroaching upon the yellowish space ; snout in 

 front pale yellow, the head-shields near the edge bordered by pale crenula- 

 ted lines, the other scales slightly paler at their bases than towards their 

 margins. 



Total length of the single specimen 4*5 inches, the head including 

 the widened fore neck 0*25, and the tail 0*14 inch. 



Hob. — Near Monlmain. 



The flattened, broad head, short and thick body, and the very close 

 approximation of the fronto-nasals behind the rostral, readily separate tliis 

 from T. Siamensis, and other known species. 



SiMOTES CEUENTATUS. 

 Theobald, Cat Eej^t. Asiat. Soc. Mus., p. 47, and Rept. Brit. Birma, Linn. Sou. 

 Journ., Zool., x, p. 41. 



There always appear to be eiglit upper labials present, and not seven. 

 The head, particularly in the young, is much flatter, than in most other 

 species of this genus, and the markings on the head also slightly differ. 

 The- frontal band connecting the anterior edges of the eyes is regular, 

 and there is always a broad dark collar present with an anterior zigzag 

 edge ; from its short, outer branches proceeds a somewhat undulating, 

 obtusely angular band forward, the angle extending to between the eyes ; 

 this band is in the young dissolved into spots, and the snake has then 

 ver}^ much the aspect of an Ahlahes. In the young also there are three 

 complete black rings round the tail, one at its base, the second at two 

 thirds its length, and the last, the smallest, just in front of the white tip ; 

 in the adult these rings generally become obsolete, except a black broad 

 cross bar just behind the vent. 



Eana kuiilii. 



Several specimens were collected by Mr. Theobald in the Karen lulls 



east of Tonghu at 2,000 to 3,000 feet elevation. The length varies from 



three quarters of an inch to two and a half; the skin is soft, rather 



loose, and slightly tubercular, not transversely corrugated, except it 



