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from both in the more numerous scales, viz., in 21 rows on the 

 body and 23 on the neck. Scales less strongly keeled than in 

 C. melanurus, more as in C. radiatus ; the outer row of caudal 

 scales smooth or very faintly keeled. Loreal usually not or but 

 slightly longer than deep ; fourth to sixth upper labials entering the 

 eye. Yentrals 211-233; anal entire; subcaudals 86-luO. Xo 

 dorsal stripes. 



Total length 1G70 millim.; tail 370. 



Philippines, Sooloo Islands, Celebes. 



A. Pale brown or olive above, the scales edged with blackish ; 



a more or less distinct oblique dark streak behind the eye, and 

 another (often absent) on each side of the neck. (C. ery thrums, 

 D. & B. ; manillensis, Jan.) 



a. Lower parts yellow, usually tuniiug to red posteriorly and on 



the tail. 



a,b, c. d (V. 217, 228; Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. rC.l. 



C. 87, P)&yg. (V. 225; o; 1 L J 



C. 95). 



d. 2 (V. 233 ; C. ?). Luzon. Dr. A. B. Mever rC.l 



e. d (V. 221 ; C. ?). N. Leyte. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 



b. Upper and lower parts turning to blackish posteriorly ; tail 



black. 



/. 2 (V. 226 ; C. 97). Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



B. Brown above, reddish anteriorly ; no lines or spots on the head ; 



a large V" or A'^^^iped black marking on the neck ; young 

 •with black vertical bars on the sides. (C. celebensis, Jan.) 



a. Lower parts bright yellow ; posterior part of belly and tail 



speckled with brown. 



a-b. c? (V. 222 ; C. 96) & Macassar. Dr. A. B. Mever rc 1 



yg. (V. 225; C. 100). ^ ' "'■ 



b. Upper and lower parts turning to black posteriorly. 



c. cf (V. 216 ; C. 96). Celebes. 



d, e. ? (V. 228, 232; N.Celebes. Dr. A. B. Meyer rC.l. 

 C.?, 90). ■' '- -' 



/. 6 (V. 223 ; C. 98). Manado. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



38. Coluber enganensis. 



Coluber enganensis, Vinciguerm, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2) xii. 1892, 

 p. 524. 



Intermediate between C. erijthrurus and C. subradiatus. Differing 

 from the former in the more numerous scales, viz. 23 rows on the 

 body and 27 on the neck ; from the latter in the absence of a sub- 

 ocular separating the fourth labial from the eye, the deeper rostral. 



