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rostral slightly more broad than deep; frontal more long than 

 broad, more than twice as broad as a supraocular, slightly 

 shorter than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; mental in 

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

 in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 129 — 176; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 12 — 31. Tail ending in a point. 



Dark brown or reddish above, with five black longitudinal 

 lines or series of spots; scales of the outer row with a white 

 spot; nape with a yellow collar, sometimes interrupted in the 

 middle; sometimes a yellow marking at the base of the tail. 

 Lower surface yellowish; a black median line along the tail. 

 Length of head and body 253 mm.; tail 12 mm. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Medan !, Langkat, Gunung Sahilan!); 

 Borneo (Kutei); Java (Sindanglaia in Preanger). — Singapore. 



II. Calamaria elegans n. sp. 



Diameter of the eye equals its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral more broad than deep; frontal more long than broad, 

 twice as broad as a supraocular, shorter than the parietals; 

 one prae- and one postocular; five upper labials, third and 



Fig. 64. Calamaria elegaus n. sp. Chin-shields. X ^'/a- 



fourth entering the eye; mental in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; both pairs of chin-shields in contact. Scales in 

 13 rows; ventrals 133; anal entire; subcaudals 27. Tail ending 

 in a point. 



Brown above, with black spots in longitudinal series; outer 

 row of scales with white spots, on the neck and anterior part 

 of body six vertical white spots on each side. Lower surface 

 yellow, each shield with a small brown spot on the outer 



