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a Luzon form would show more similarity to the well-defined 
color form of Boiga dendrophila latifasciata which occurs in Min- 
danao. It is, of course, not improbable that both subspecies 
occur in Mindanao. However, no specimen of B. d. divergens 
has been found there. 
Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann). 
Elaps calligaster WimGMANN, Nova Acta Acad. Leop.-Carol. 1 17 
(1835) 253, pl. 20, fig. 2. 
Hemibungarus calligaster TAYLOR, Snakes of the Philippine Islands 
(1922) 269. 
Three specimens of this species were obtained at Los Banos; 
one through the courtesy of Prof. Charles Fuller Baker, dean 
of the College of Agriculture, the other two from Prof. O. W. 
Pflueger, director of the School of Forestry. No. 40 presents 
an interesting variation in the relative length and width of the 
body, as shown by the table. It varies also from the normal 
_ in having the first lower labials separated and the mental in 
-eontact with the first pair of chin shields. This condition is 
also present in No. 41. The very low subcaudal count and the 
high ventral count of No. 40 are also extraordinary. The tail 
is doubtless abnormal; there is no evidence that the shortening 
is due to injury. 
It is presumed that these specimens were collected low on 
Mount ‘Maquiling, about the grounds of the College of Agri- 
culture and the School of Forestry. 
Measurements and scale counts of Hemibungarus calligaster (Wiegmann) . 
No. 40, ? .|No. 54, oo, 41, ¢. 
Width.of body: ics osc. 532532 ves 3 es Sc oak ee eee mm.. 6 9 9 
With of én 6.52: o0 25555602 25. kL ean noes + +2 mm... 5.5 8.5 q 
TiO ein cote wee ces a2 ok ee eee een ee mm 460 508 455 
UWE ec ee sa a oe a ak le eee re eee mm 18 26 25 
Wentrale soca eens Ss Co te Venn een Us Cee fae eae 256 224 228 
Sublénndalé 2605 5255S ee ee ae 12 20 20 
Lower lablalg 200 ke eee ws eee ae 5 q 6 
Labials touch chin thields 2 2.2222 a ee, 3 4 3 
Hemibungarus meclungi Taylor. 
Hemibungarus mceclungi TAYLOR, Snakes of the Philippine Islands 
(1922) 272, pl. 33, fig. 3; pl. 34, figs. 3 and 4. 
A specimen of this rare snake was taken on the road to Bislian 
on Polillo. However, it was attacked by ants when killed and 
certain of the head scales were destroyed. The characteristic 
shape of the frontal plate is clearly evident. Total length, 310 
