170 Barboai — A New Colubrine Snake from Java. 



rows of smooth scales; 173 ventrals, not angulate laterally; anal divided; 

 109 Hubcandals (the very tip of tail misj^ing). Color: In spirits, uniform 

 slate color above, lighter below. 



Type: Cat. No. 42, 932, United States National Museum ; Buitenzorg, 

 Java ; Owen Bryant collector, July 4, 1909. 



This snake is conspicuous at once from the peculiar shape of its head. 

 The profile is arched and very sharply decurved at the snout, the eye 

 being of great size, almost equal, in fact, to its distance from the suture 

 of the nasal shield. 



The name is given to commemorate the discovery of this species on 

 Independence Day. 



