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small dark spot on the outer ends; a broad dark median line 

 along the tail. Length of head and body 245 mm.; tail 33 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the Amsterdam Museum. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Cocos Islands (Pulu si Laut N.W. 

 off Simalur!). 



21. Calamaria leucogaster Bleeker. 



Calamaria leucogaster^ Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. XXI, i860, p. 293. 

 Calatjiaria leucogaster^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 341. 



Snout pointed; diameter of the eye equal to its distance 

 from the mouth; rostral almost as deep as broad; frontal more 

 long than broad, about twice as broad as a supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five or six 

 upper labials, second larger than the first or third, third and 

 fourth or fourth and fifth entering the eye; first lower labial 

 in contact with its fellow behind the mental; three lower 

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

 chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 133 — 151; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 12 — 23. Tail ending in a point. 



Brown or purplish above, with eight dark longitudinal lines 

 or traces of lines; nape blackish, followed by a yellow collar; 

 upper lip yellow; a dark streak behind the eye; tail with two 

 dark transverse spots. Lower surface uniformly yellow. Length 

 of head and body 187 mm.; tail 13 mm. 



One of the type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Ampatlawang!, Battak Highlands 

 800 — 1000 M.); Borneo (Kina Balu, Kuching, Matang, Sara- 

 wak!, Labuan). 



22. Calamaria quinquetaeniata Despax. 



Calamaria quinquetaeniata^ Despax, Bull. Mus. d' Hist. Nat. 1912, p. 6. 



Diameter of the eye two thirds its distance from the mouth; 

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

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

 prae- and one postocular; five upper labials, second larger 

 than first, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth very large; 

 first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind the mental; 

 posterior chin-shields separated posteriorly by a scale. Scales 

 in 13 rows; ventrals 178; subcaudals 26. Tail obtuse. 



Pale brown above, with five bluish-black iridescent longi- 



