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subcaudals, 46. There are eight lower labials on the left side 
and seven on the right. Four lower labials touch the first pair 
of chin shields on the right side, and five on the left. Total 
length, 160 millimeters; tail, 27. 
Color in life—Above striped, dull salmon pink and brown; 
a pair of broad, dark brown stripes, each covering two whole 
and two half rows of scales, separated by a salmon pink, | 
straight-edged, median stripe, covering one whole and two half 
‘rows of scales; the inner edge of the brown stripes on either 
side igs deep black, and the outer edge with numerous black 
’ dots; below the broad stripes laterally is a flesh-colored stripe 
covering two half scale rows; below this another brown, black- 
edged stripe, also covering two half rows of scales; below this 
another dull flesh-colored line covering parts of two scale rows, 
below which is another line, nearly black, covering parts of two 
scale rows; another flesh pink line follows, covering part of the 
outer scale row and the edges of the ventral, the ventrals with 
elongate spots on each side forming a narrow black line; belly 
flesh color to coral pink; a curved, rather broad line crossing 
head involving eyes; the median brown lines meet on the frontal ; 
a line across the angle of mouth; deep black spots on the anterior 
ventrals. . 
Remarks.—The specimens whose scale counts are available 
give the following variation: 156 to 162 for the ventrals, average 
158; subcaudals, 43 to 48, average 45. It will be noted that 
this form differs from Holarchus octolineatus (Schneider) not 
only in the lower ventral count but also in a very much lower 
subcaudal count. 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie). 
Psammophis pulverulenta Bog, Isis (1827) 547. 
Psammodynastes pulverulentus TAYLOR, Snakes of the Philippine 
Islands (1922) 209. 
Fifteen specimens were collected in Zamboanga, Basilan, and 
Jolo. I failed to find it in the other localities in which I made 
collections. This widely distributed species varies greatly in 
color, but in the material examined I cannot separate any 
varieties. The table shows the average ventral counts for five 
Basilan specimens as 170; the average for three Jolo specimens 
as 152; for the seven specimens from Zamboanga, 163. Thereis 
less variation in the subcaudal counts. The known range for 
ventral and subcaudal counts is 151 to 179, and 53 to 69, re- 
spectively. Females are darker for the most part than males. 
