230 COIITBEIDJE. 



laterally, 170-202 ; anal divided; suboaudals 41-59. Pale brown 

 or orange above, with weU-deflned black cross bands, wliich vary 

 in number and in width according to individuals, and may be edged 

 with white ; an angular or transverse black band between the eyes, 

 another behind, with the apex on the frontal, aud a third on the 

 nape ; lower surfaces uniform yellowish, rarely spotted with brown 

 or with a brown posterior border to the ventrals. 



Total length 600 millim. ; tail 90. 



India and Ceylon, northwards to Nepal and the Himalayas. 



A. Belly uniform yellowish. 



a-d. c? (V. 178, 172 ; C. India. 



69, 50), ? (V. 192 ; C. 



45), & yf?. (V.186, 188 ; 



C. 54, 50). 

 e. 2 (V. 183: 0.45). Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 /. Yg, (V. 187 ; C. 53). Sikkim. Messrs. v. Schlagm- 



tweit [C.]. 

 g. 9 (V. 190 ; C. 47). Deccan. Col. Sykes [0.]. 



h. 6 (V. 186 ; C. 54). Bombay. Dr. Leith [P.]. 



i Yg. (V. 202; 0. 48). Deesa. Dr. Leith rP.J. 



h. 3 (V. 175 ; 0. 53). Madras. Kev. G. Smith [PJ. 



I, m. 3 (V. 170; 0. 50) Anamallajs. Col. Beddome [C.J 



& ? (V. 185 ; 0. 46). 

 n. ? (V. 190; C. 47). Ceylon. Sir J. Banks [P.]. 



^. S (V. 179; C.P). Near Kandy. Capt. Gasooigiie [P.]. 



(Type of 8. alhiventer.) 

 p. $ (V. 199; C. 47). ? 



B. Belly spotted with brown. 



a. Yg. (V. 185 ; C. 46). Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



[P.]. 



b. 2 (V. 180 ; 0. 41). S. India. T. C. Jerdon, Esq. 



[P.]. 



19. Simotes theobaldi. (Plate IX. fig. 3.) 



Simotes theobaldi, Oiinth. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. (4) i. 1868, p. 417; 

 Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. p. 315 (1890). 



Nasal divided or semi-divided ; portion of rostral seen from above 

 shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the 

 internasals much shorter than that between the prsefrontals ; frontal 

 a little longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little 

 shorter than the parietals ; loreal twice as long as deep, longer than 

 the posterior nasal ; praeooular single ; two postoeulars ; temporals 

 1 + 2; eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye ; four 

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

 chin-shields about two thirds the length of the anterior. Scales in 

 17 rows. Ventrals 171-180; anal divided; suboaudals 34-42. 

 Brown above, with three light longitudinal lines, between which are 



