144 



entering the eye, fifth largest; three lower labials in contact 



with the anterior chin-shields; 

 mental not quite touching the 

 anterior chin-shields; latter slightly 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows; ventrals 139 — 164; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 36 — 40. 

 Tail pointed. 



Blackish-brown above , iri- 

 descent. Lower surface whitish, 

 the shields darker at the base. 

 Length of head and body 190 mm. ; 

 tail 45 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Sudara Vol- 

 cano 4450 feet, Lokon Volcano 



Fig. 59- Agrophis sarasinortiiii 

 F. Miiller. After BOULENGER. 



5150 feet, Masarang Volcano 4000 feet!). 



2. Agrophis saravacensis Shelford. 



Agrophis saravacensis^ Shelford, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) VIII 1901, p. 516. 



Snout obtusely pointed; rostral large; praefrontals large, 

 nearly as long as the frontal; latter large, rhomboidal, shorter 

 than the parietals; supraocular and postocular very small; five 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth largest; 

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

 labials in contact with the latter, which are longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 113; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 26. Tail pointed. 



Dark brown, iridescent; a red blotch on each side of the 

 head just above the angle of the jaw, .and an irregular red 

 band on the neck. Length of head and body 120 mm.; tail 22 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Kuching in Sarawak!). 



Only one specimen known. 



3. Agrophis albonuchalis (Giinther). 



Geophis albonuchalis^ Giinther, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVII 1896, p. 229. 

 Agrophis albonuchalis^ Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 222. 



Snout pointed ; internasals triangular, one fourth as large as 

 the praefrontals, which enter the orbit; frontal large, more 

 broad than long, pressing back the supraocular to the postero- 



