254 REPTILES rnuM nias. 



cies in Mr. Pasteur's collection , in which the species not 

 yet recorded from Nias are preceded by au asterisk. 



1. Gecko stentor Cant. 



2. Gonyocephalus grandis Gray. 



3. Calotes cristatellus Kuhl. 



4. Mabuia multifasciata Kuhl. 

 *5. Calamaria lumhricoidea Schl. 



The single specimen in the Nias-collection (still a young 

 one, attaining to a length of about 25 c. m.) differs from 

 the other specimens in the Leyden Museum in having the 

 dark coloration on the belly very much developed , the 

 dark spots on the abdominal shields being rather large, 

 flowing together and so forming an irregular dark longi- 

 tudinal band on the middle of the belly. 



Schlegel, in his »Physionomie des Serpents", makes 

 mention of a young specimen of Calamaria lumhricoidea 

 described by Boie under the name of Calamaria virgulata. 

 This specimen, still present in the collections of the Leyden 

 Museum, is not a young Calamaria lumhricoidea Schl., but 

 belongs to a distinct species. It has a length of about 30 

 c. m. (is therefore larger than our young C. lumhricoidea 

 from Nias) and diö'ers from Schlegel's species not only in 

 coloration, but in the pholidosis of the head also. 



The first pair of lower labials are in contact with each 

 other behind the mental-shield , which shield does not 

 reach the anterior chin-shields. In this point the species 

 agrees with C. modesta , C. hicolor , C. nigro-albus a. o. , 

 and differs from C. lumhricoidea and C. gervaisi. It is 

 distinguished by the absence of an azygos shield between 

 the chin-shields, by the presence of an anterior ocularshield, 

 and by having an undivided analshield. As to the colora- 

 tion of the specimen in spirits, the upper parts are of a 

 brownish colour ; there is , however, a whitish ring behind the 

 head and another near the vent. The scales of the two outer 

 series on each side of the body are provided with a round 

 whitish spot in their centre. Moreover there are 5 dark 

 longitudinal lines on the back, one on the middle of the 



Notes from tlie Lieyden ]VIu.seuiii , "Vol. JXIII. 



