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Type. — No. 7107, Mus. Comp. Zool., a single specimen, about 355 mm. 

 long, from Ting-an, Hainan Island. Taken by a collector for Mr. Owston. 



Related to H. formosanus hainanensis (Boettger), to which form Cope's H. 

 dolleyanus (1. c. p. 423) must be considered a synonym. Boettger's paper (Ber. 

 Senck. Nat. Ges. 1893-4) was received at the library of the Mus. Comp. Zool. 

 Oct. 16, 1894. Cope's paper did not appear until Feb. 13, 1895. 



Calamaria sondaica, sp. nov. 



Rostral very nearly as deep as broad, easily visible from above ; frontal a little 

 longer than broad, considerably shorter than the parietals, a little more than 

 twice as broad as a supraocular ; one pre- and one post-ocular ; diameter of the 

 eye a little less than its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, the first 

 nearly three times as large as the second, which is smaller than the third or 

 fourth. These are subequal and enter the eye. The fifth is larger than the third 

 and fourth together. A pair of infralabials in contact between the mental and 

 the anterior pair of chin shields. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals, 154 ; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 10. Tail rather obtuse. Dark reddish brown above (with fine plumbe- 

 ous iridescence in life) ; six dark lines just visible on neck, very indistinct on 

 body ; rows of scales separated by zigzag white lines ; a lateral white line on last 

 row of scales. Ventral surfaces white (yellow in life), very heavily blotched with 

 angular dark markings; a black line down midventral region of the tail and 

 two black lateral lines on tail. 



Type. — No. 7102, Mus. Comp. Zool., one specimen Buitenzorg, Java, April, 

 1907. T. Barbour, collector. 



It is with great reluctance that this new species is described. No ophidian 

 genus cries for a revision more than Calamaria. Nevertheless this new form 

 seems to merit recognition on account of several distinctive characters. 



Superficially, i. e. in coloration, this form does not bear the slightest resemblance 

 to its nearest relative, which is C. virgulata ; nor, it may be added, does it seem 

 to agree with any of the forms which Boulenger (Cat. Snakes, 1894, 2, p. 340), 

 has considered synonymous with this species. 



Calamaria albopunctata, sp. nov. 



Rostral somewhat broader than deep ; frontal longer than broad, much shorter 

 than parietals, and less than twice as broad as a supraocular ; one pre- one post- 

 ocular ; diameter of eye less than distance to mouth ; five upper labials, first, 

 third, and fourth subequal, second and fifth large ; third and fourth entering orbit ; 

 first infralabial meeting its fellow behind the symphysial ; two pairs of chin shields 

 in contact with each other. Scales in 13 rows ; ventrals 247 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 14. Tail rather blunt. Dark brown above, a lighter band on occiput ; 

 two outer rows of scales with light centres ; lower surfaces yellow with a few 

 dusky markings ; a blackish line along lower surface of tail. 



