222 coLUBRiDa:. 



«-/. d (V. 194; C. 63) & Darjeeling. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 



ligr. (V. 194; 0.69). 

 g. 2 (V. 203 ; 0. 56). Nepaul. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



h-i. c5' (V. 182, 177 ; ? Dr. Griffith. 



0. 62, 68). 



5. Simotes formosanus. (Plate VIII. fig. 2.) 



Simotes formosanus, Gitnth. Arm. ^ Magi. N. H. (4) ix. 1872, p. 20 ; 

 Fischer, Abh. naturw. Ver. Hamb. ix. 1886, p. 12. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 

 distance from the frontal ; suture between the intern asals shorter 

 than that between the praef rentals ; frontal longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; loreal square ; 

 praeocular single or divided; two postoculars ; temporals 1+2; 

 seven or eight upper labials, third and fourth or fourth and fifth 

 entering the eye ; three or four labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields, which measure about once and a half the size of the 

 posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals obtusely augulate, 162- 

 173; anal entire; subriaudals 46-55. Pale brown above, with a 

 verj' indistinct lighter vertebral line and ill-defined dark cross bands 

 produced by the black borders of some of the scales ; ventrals yel- 

 lowish, brown on the sides, or with a lateral series of small blackish 

 spots. 



Total length 600 millim. ; taU 95. 



S. China. 



a. S (V. 163; C. 55). Takao, Formosa. R. Swinhoe, Esq. [0.]. 



(Type.) 

 6. $ (V. 173 ; 0. 46). Swatow. Christiania Museum. 



6. Simotes violaceus. 



Coronella violacea, Cantor, Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1839, p. 50. 

 Simotes cinereus, Gunth. Sept. Brit. Ind. p. 215 (1864). 



swinhonis, Gmth. I. c. pi. xx. fig. E. 



multifasciatus, Jan, Icon. Gen. 12, pi. iv. fig. 2 (1865). 



semifasciatus, Anders. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xl. 1871, p. 16. 



violaceus, Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Sept. p. 312 (1890). 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from above as long as its 

 distance from the frontal or a little shorter ; suture between the 

 internasals usually shorter than that between the prasfrontals ; 

 frontal as long as its distance from the end of the snout, as long 

 as the parietals ; loreal usually longer than deep ; praeocular single, 

 usually with a small subocular below, between the third and fourth 

 labials; one or two postoculars; temporals l-|-2; eight upper 

 labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; thre.e or four lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin- 

 shields one half or less than one half the size of the anterior. 

 Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals 160-196; anal undivided; subcaudals 

 33-41. Pale brown, purplish or reddish above ; markings on the 

 head very indistinct. 



