167 



lines along the tail. Length of head and body? (After BARBOUR; 

 not seen by me). 



Habitat: Java (Buitenzorg). 



27. Calamaria brachyura Boulcnger. 



Calamaria brachyura^ Ijoulcngcr, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVI 1895, p. 481; Cat. 



Sn. Ill 1896, p. 647. 

 Calamaria anceps^ Werner, Verh. Ges. Wien .YLVI 1896, p. 18. 



Diameter of the eye equals its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral slightly more broad than deep; frontal more long than 

 broad, more than twice as broad as a supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye, fourth smallest 

 first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind the mental 

 three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields 

 both pairs of chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 

 182 — 210; anal entire; subcaudals 9 — 19. 



Dark grey-brown above, with six black longitudinal lines, 

 disappearing anteriorly; two outer rows of scales black and 

 white; nape with a narrow yellow transverse band; a similar 

 band at the base of the tail; head black with a yellow spot 

 on each praefrontal and parietal; upper lip white. Lower surface 

 white, each ventral with a black spot at the outer end; a 

 black median line along the tail. Length of head and body 

 284 mm.; tail 7 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



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



28. Calamaria collaris Boulenger. 



Calamaria collaris^ Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 225, pi. XIV, lig. 4. 



Diameter of the eye equals its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral small, more broad than deep; frontal one time and one 

 third to one time and a half as long as broad, twice as broad 

 as a supraocular or more so, much shorter than the parietals; 

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

 fourth entering the eye; first lower labial in contact with its 

 fellow behind the mental; three lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields; both pairs of chin-shields in contact. 

 Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 232 — 265; anal entire; subcaudals 

 10 — 30. Tail very obtuse. 



