171 



of head and body 139 mm.; tail 15 mm. (After Peracca ; 

 not seen by me). 



Habitat: Borneo (Sarawak). 



(See note sub N°. t^j). 



35. Calamaria leucocephala Uum. & Hibr. 



Calamaria leucocephala^ Duimiiil ^i liibron, Erp. Giin. VII 1854, p. 83. 

 Calamaria leucocephala^ Boulcngcr, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 344 (s. syn.). 



Diameter of the eye much shorter than its distance from the 

 mouth; rostral much more broad than deep; frontal as broad 

 as long, four times as broad as a supraocular, 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; both pairs of chin-shields 

 usually in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 136 — 171 ; anal 

 entire; subcaudals 19 — 45. Tail ending in a point. 



Dark brown or black above; head lighter or yellowish. 

 Lower surface yellowish or red; tail sometimes with a faint 

 brown median line. Length of head and body 402 mm.; 

 tail 48 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Gambir!, Deli, Battak Highlands 

 800 — 1000 M., Supat and Dawas in Palembang, Padang 

 1500 — 3000 feet); Borneo (Kuching, Matang, Samarindal); Java 

 (Salak, Sukabumi!). — Singapore; Penang; Malay Peninsula. 



36. Calamaria agamensis Bleeker. 



Calamaria agai?tensis^ Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Xederl. Ind. XXI i860, p. 292. 

 Calamaria agamensis^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. 11 1894, p. 343. 



Diameter of the eye much shorter than its distance from the 

 mouth; rostral more broad than deep; frontal at least as broad 

 as long, at least four times as broad as a supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals; no praeocular; one postocular; five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye; first lower labial 

 in contact with its fellow behind the mental; posterior chin- 

 shields usually separated. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 135 — 174; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 21 — 38. Tail ending in a point. 



Black above; yellow below, often with a brown median 

 line along the tail. Length of head and body 247 mm; tail 43 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra; Borneo (Singkawang); Java (Batavia, 

 Salak, Sukabumi!, Nongkodjadjar in Tengger Mts. 1300 M.!). 



