92. siMOTES. 223 



Total length 760 millim. ; tail 75. 



Bengal, Assam, Burma, Camboja, Southern China. 



A. Brown or reddish above, -without dark markings; belly unspotted- 



(S. violacms, S. cinereus.) 



a. d (V. 164 ; 0.?). Camboja. M. Mouhot [0.]. 



(Type of S. cinereus.) 

 h. S (V. 169; C. 85). Toungyi, S. Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway [0.]. 

 5000 ft. 



B. The black edges of some of the scales forming more or less 



distinct dark cross bands ; belly unspotted. (S. swinhonis.) 



a. cJ (V. 161 ; C. 37). Amov. R. Swinhoe,Esq. [0.]. I 



b-c. tj (V. 165 ; C. 39) "? Haslar Hospital. j 



& $ (V. 174 ; C. 34). (Types of S. sioinhonis.) 



d. d (V. 160; C. 38). Hainan. R. Swinboe, Esq. [C.]. 



e. 2 (V. 166 ; 0. 33). Island of Hong Kong. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



C. Intermediate between A and D. 



a. cJ (V.172; C.38). Tenaaserim. Col. Beddome [C.]. 



D. Above with more or less distinct dark cross bands ; belly 



with quadrangular brown spots. (<S. multifasciatus, S. semi- 

 fasciatus.) 



a. <S (V. 175 ; C. 38). Assam. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 6. (J (V. 171 ; C. 84). Toungyi, S. Shan States, Lieut. Blakeway [C.]. 

 5000 ft. 



7. Simotes woodmasoni. 



Simotes wood-masoni, W. L. Sclater, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. Ix. 1891, 

 p. 235, pi. vi. fig. 2. 



Nasal divided ; portion of the rostral seen from above a little 

 shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the inter- 

 nasals shorter than that between the praefrontals ; frontal longer 

 than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as the parietals ; 

 loreal small, longer than deep ; one prseocular ; one subocular, 

 separating the third labial from the eye ; two postoonlars ; tem- 

 porals 14 2; six upper labials, the fourth alone entering the eye ; 

 four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 posterior chin-shields small. Scales in 17 rows. Ventrals strongly 

 angulate, 180-186 ; anal undivided ; subcaudals 57. Brick-reddish 

 above, with traces of seven lighter stripes ; head with a dark median 

 longitudinal mark extending from the frontal to the nape, where it 

 bifurcates, an oblique dark streak across the anterior nasal and the 

 three anterior labials, a dark streak across the forehead through 

 the eyes to the fourth and fifth labials, and an oblique dark streak 

 across the parietals nnd the sides of the nape: dusky reddish 

 beneath. 



Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 



