153 



X Praeocular present. 



1. Tail obtuse; ventrals 135 — 163; 



subcaudals 9 — 23 41. C". liiinaci p. 174. 



2. Tail obtuse; ventrals 152 — 192; 



subcaudals 17 — 22 42. C bonieensis p. 175. 



3. Tail with a sharp point; ventrals 



145 — 154; subcaudals 17 — 20 ... 43. C. bcnjaiiiinsi p. 175. 

 XX No praeocular; ventrals 158 — 181; 



subcaudals 15 — 17 44. C. javaiiica p. 176. 



If First lower labial in contact with its fel- 

 low; ventrals 1 33 — 182; subcaudals 9 — 27. 45. C. pavinuntata p. 176. 

 b. Frontal as broad as long; mental in contact 

 with the chin-shields; ventrals 133 —182; 



subcaudals 16 — 24 46. C. inclanota p. 177. 



III. Four upper labials, third entering the eye. 47. C. loivi p. 177. 

 B. More than 300 ventrals; no postocular 48. C. gracillima p. 178. 



I. Calamaria lumbricoidea Boie. 



Calamaria lumbricoidea^ Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 540- 



Calamaria variabilis^ v. Lidth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. 1890, 



p. 183, pi. XVI, fig. 8. 

 Calamaria lumbricoidea^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 333. 



Diameter of the eye shorter than its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral more broad than deep, visible from above; frontal 

 more long than broad, shorter than the parietals, not twice 

 so broad as the supraocular; one prae- and one postocular; 

 five upper labials, the four anterior about equal, third and 

 fourth entering the eye; mental in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; both pairs of chin-shields in contact with each 

 other. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 177 — 217; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 16 — 23. Tail ending in a point. 



Dark brown above, with or without a yellowish band across 

 the parietals. Lower surface whitish; tail usually with a median 

 dark brown streak. Length of head and body 385 mm.; tail 35 mm. 



Habitat: Nias; Sumatra!; Java! (Batavia, Buitenzorg, 

 Tjibodas 1425 M., Volcano Tjisurupan); Celebes (Manado!). 



2. Calamaria vermiformis Dum. & Bibr. 



Calamaria vermifortnis^ Dumeril & Bibrou, Erp. Gen. VII 1854, p. 85. 

 Calamaria vermiformis^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 333 (s. syn.). 



Diameter of eye equal to its distance from the mouth; rostral 



