338 COLTTBEID^. 



y. Calamaria grayi. 



Calaniaria grayi, Giinth. Cat. p. G (1858). 



philippinica, Steindachn. Verli. zool.-hot. Ges. Wien, xvii. 



1867, p. 614, pi. xiii. figs. 4-6. 



Snout very short and broadly rounded. Eostral nearly as deep 

 as broad, well visible from above ; frontal a little longer than broad, 

 shorter than the parietals, not twice as broad as the supraocular ; 

 one prae- aud one postocular; diameter of the eye less than its 

 distance from the mouth; five upper labials, the four anterior sub- 

 equal in size, third and fourth entering the eye ; symphysial in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields ; two pairs of chin-shields, in contact 

 with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 175-195 : anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 14-24. Tail ending in a rather obtuse point. 

 Young reddish white, with black rings; adult uniform blackish 

 above, alternately barred black and white below. 



Total length 365 millim. ; tail 35. 



Philippine Islands. 



a, b. S (V. 175 ; C. 24) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. fCl 



yg. (V. 195; C. 16). (Types.) 



10. Calamaria bitorques. 



Calamaria gervaisii, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 4 (1858). 

 bitorques, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 585. 



Eostral as deep as broad, well visible from above ; frontal longer 

 than broad, as long as the parietals, about twice as broad as the 

 supraocular ; one prse- and one postocular ; the diameter of the eye 

 nearly equals 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 

 151-199; anal entire; subcaudals 13-21. Tail ending in a point. 

 Brown above, the young with dark transverse bands separated by 

 yellowish interspaces ; only the two or three anterior of these cross 

 bands persist in the adult ; lower parts uniform yellowish. 



Total length 265 miUim. ; tail 20. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. 2 (V. 199; C. 13). Luzon. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.l. 



b, c. $ (V. 183 ; C. 15) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. rC.1. 

 yg.(V.151; C.18). 



rf, e. d rV. 168 ; C. 20) & Philippines. Hi-. Salmin [C.]. 



yg.(V.168; C. 21). 



11. Calamaria gervaisii. 



Calamaria vii'gulata {non Boie), Eydoux ^ Gervais, in Guer. Mag. 



Zool. CI. iii. 1837, pi. xvi. figs. 7-10, and Voy. Favorite, v. Zool. 



pi. XXX. figs. 7-10 (1839). 

 gervaisii, I>um. l^- Bibr. vii. p. 76 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. 



Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, a^id Icon. Gen. 10, pi. ii. fig. 1 (1865). 

 gervaisii, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 4 (1858). 



llostral as deep as broad, well visible from above ; fioutal longer 



