330 



COLUBIlIDiE. 



characters : — Frontal a little broader than long, about half as long 

 as the parietals ; supraocular smaller still and confluent with the 

 postocular ; no prseocular. Uniform iridescent blackish brown. 



Total length 280 millim. ; tail 20. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. 2 (V. 152 ; C. 16). 



b. cJ (V. 136; C. 23). 



Philippines. 



Negros. 



H. Cumin 

 Dr. A. B 



ag, Esq.rC.]. (Type.) 

 . Meyer [0.]. 



121. CALAMARIA. 



Calamaria, Boie, in Fernssac, Bull. Se. Nat. ix. 1826, p. 236, and Isis, 



1827, p. 519 ; Bum. ^ Bibr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 60 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 



Col. Sn. p. 3 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 4 ; 



Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 195 (1864) ; Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 



p. 281 (1890). 

 Calamaria, part., Sch!er/. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 

 Typhlocalamus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 595. 



Maxillary teeth 8 to 11, subequal ; anterior mandibular teeth a 

 little longer than the posterior. Head not distinct from neck ; eye 

 small, with round pupil ; nostril pierced in a minute nasal ; no 

 loreal ; no internasals ; prseocular present or absent ; no temporals, 



Fig. 24. 



Skull of Calamaria linncei. 



the parietals in contact with the labials. Body cylindrical ; scales 

 smooth, without apical pits, in 13 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail 

 short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



From Assam, Burma, and S. China to the Malay Archipelago. 



