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Dark grey-brown above, with black dots or spots; scales 

 of the outer row with a white centre; a yellowish collar, most 

 distinct in the young. Lower surface yellowish-white, the ventrals 

 spotted or edged with dark brown or with a median series 

 of dark brown spots. Length of head and body 370 mm.; 

 tail 10 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Celebes (Bone Mts., Tomohon, Rurukan 4000 feet !). 



29. Calamaria lateralis Mocquard. 



Calamaria lateralis^ Mocquard, Le Natural. 1890, p. 154; Nouv. Arch. Mus. (3) 



II 1890, p. 136, pi. VIII, fig. 4. 

 Calamaria lateralis, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 342. 



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

 rostral visible from above; frontal more long than broad, as 

 long as the parietals; one praeocular; postocular fused with 

 the supraocular; five upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye, fifth largest; first lower labial in contact with its 

 fellow behind the mental; both pairs of chin-shields in contact. 

 Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 146; anal entire; subcaudals 21. 

 Tail ending in a point. 



Blackish-brown above; a white lateral line along the second 

 and third rows of scales. Lower surface lighter brown. Length 

 of head and body 233 mm.; tail 12 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the Paris Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Kina Balu!). 



30. Calamaria beccarii Peters. 



Calamaria beccarii^ Peters, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova III 1872, p. 34. 

 Calamaria beccarii, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 343. 



Rostral visible from above; frontal more long than broad; 

 one prae- and two postoculars; five upper labials; first lower 

 labial in contact with its fellow behind the mental; both pairs 

 of chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 150; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 16. 



Brown above, with six dark longitudinal lines. Lower 

 surface dirty white; tail with a black median line on its 

 posterior part. Length of head and body 169 mm.; tail 14 mm. 

 (Not seen by me). 



Habitat: Borneo (Sarawak). 



