155 



from above; frontal one time and a half as long as broad, 

 not quite twice so broad as a supraocular, shorter than the 

 parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye, fifth much larger than the 

 others; mental in contact with the anterior chin-shields. Scales 

 in 13 rows; ventrals 149; anal entire; subcaudals 19 — 21. 



Blackish above, with 6 white streaks, two superior beginning 

 behind the head to the base of the tail, running between the 

 fifth and sixth rows of scales; the middle one only distinct 

 on the neck; the lower along the outer row of scales, bordered 

 below by a black band. Lower surface yellowish; tail with a 

 black median line. Length of head and body 137 mm.; tail 1 1 mm. 



One of the type-specimens received from the Basle Museum, 

 examined. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Indragiri!). 



5. Calamaria baluensis Boulenger. 



Caldinaria baluensis^ Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, P- 5^4; Cat. Sn. II 1894, 

 P- 335, pl- XVII, fig. I. 



Diameter of the eye much greater than its distance from 

 the mouth; rostral slightly more broad than deep, visible from 

 above; frontal nearly twice as long as broad, not twice so 

 broad as a supraocular, as long as the parietals; one prae- 

 and one postocular; five upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye; mental in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; three 

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

 pairs of chin-shields in contact with each other. Scales in 

 13 rows; ventrals 175 — 206; anal entire; subcaudals 24 — 29. 

 Tail ending in a point. 



Brown above, with small black spots; an interrupted black 

 streak along each side of the head and neck, passing through 

 the eye; upper lip white. Lower surface white, with three 

 longitudinal series of small black spots, or ventrals black at 

 the base; a dark median line along the tail. Length of head 

 and body 307 mm. ; tail 33 mm. 



Habitat: N. Borneo (Kina Balu!, Saiap on Kina Balu). 



6. Calamaria grabowskyi Fischer. 



Calamaria grabowskyi^ Fischer, Arch. f. Nat. 1885, p. 50, pi. IV, fig. i. 

 Calamaria grabo2vskii^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. 11 1894, p. 336. 



Diameter of the eye greater than its distance from the mouth; 



