121. CALAJIARIA. 333 



Symphysial in contact with the chin- 

 shields ; tail pointed 31. melanota, p. 349. 



C. Foni' upper labials, third entering 



the eye 32. lovii, p. 350. 



II. Ventrals 300-320 ; no distinct post- 

 ocular 33. (/racillima, p. 350. 



1. Calamaria lumbricoidea. 



Calamaria lumbricoidea, JBoie, Isis, 1827, p. 540 ; Schleg.Phys. Serp. ii. 



p. 27, pl.i. figs. 14-10 (1837) ; Bum. ^- Bihr. vii. p. 89 (1854) ; Jan, 



Arch. Zool, Anat. Pliys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and Icon. Gen. 10, pi. ii. 



fio-. 2 (1865) ; V. Licit h de Jeude, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. 1890, p. 254. 



lumbricoidea, part., Giinih. Cat. p. 5 (1858). 



variabilis, v. Lidth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergehn. 



p. 183, pi. xvi. fig. 8 (1890). 



Eostral broader than deep, well visible from above ; frontal longer 

 than broad, slightly shorter than the parietals, not twice as broad 

 as the supraocular ; ono pra3- and one postocnlar ; diameter of the 

 eye less than its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, the 

 four anterior subequal in size, third and fourth entering the eye; 

 symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; both pairs of 

 chin-shields in contact with each other. 13 rows of scales. Ventrals 

 177-217 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 16-23. Tail ending in a point. 

 Dark brown above, whiti>h inferiorly ; lower surface of the tail with 

 a dark brown longitudinal streak. 



Total length 420 millim. ; tail 35. 



Java ; Celebes. 



A. Head uniform dark brown al)ove. 

 a. S (V. 191 ; C. 22). Java. Leydeu Museum. 



B. A yellowish band across the parietal shields. 

 h. S (V. 177 ; C. 19). Java. 



2. Calamaria vermiformis. 



Calamaria vermiformis, Dum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 85 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. 



Zool. Anat. Pkys. ii. 18(32, p. 8, and Icon. Gen. 10, pi. ii. fig. 3 



(1805). 



temminekii, Duni. 4" Blbr. t. c. p. 87 ; Giinth. Cat. p. 5 (1858). 



schlegelii (non D. iS(- B.), Gimth. I.e. 



dimidiata, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Lid. xxi. 1860, p. 295. 



melauorliynchus, Bleek. I. c. 



alkeni, Bleek. I. c. 



fiaviceps, Giinth. Ann. S,- Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, p. 90. 



vermiformis, var. sumatranus, v. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. 



Mus. xii. 1890, p. 18. 



Rostral a little broader than deep, visible from above ; frontal 

 longer than broad, not twice as broad as the supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals ; a pra^- and a postocnlar : diameter of the eye 



