154 COLUBRID^. 



Genus PSEUDORHABDIUM:. 



Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii, p. 10 (1862). 



Maxillary teeth 10 to 12, subequal ; anterior mandibular teeth 

 slightly longer than the posterior. Head not distinct from neck ; 

 eye small, with round pupil ; nostril pierced in a minute nasal ; 

 internasals small ; no loreal ; prseocular small or absent; no tem- 

 porals, the parietals in contact with the labials. Body cylindrical ; 

 scales smooth, without apical pits, in 15 rows ; ventrals rounded. 

 Tail short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Two species, the second 

 confined to the Philippine Islands. 



166. Pseudorhabdium longiceps. 



Calamaria loiujiceps, Cantor, Jouru. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, p. 210, 



pi. -, fig-. 1 (1847). 

 Oxi/colcunus h7i(/iceps, Giinth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 199 (1864). 

 Pseudorhabdium longiceps, Bouleng. Cat. Sn. ii, p. 329 (1894). 



Snout rather pointed ; rostral small, as deep as broad, well 

 visible fx'om above ; frontal a little longer than broad, as long as 

 or a little shorter than its distance from the end of the snout, 

 shorter than the parietals, more than twice as broad as the supra- 

 ocular ; 1 postocular : 5 upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye ; sympbysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields, 

 which are about twice as large as the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. 

 Ventrals 129-146 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 10-28. Tail pointed. 

 Iridescent brown or black, \\\\j\\ or Avithout a yellowish collar ; 

 usually a yellowish vertical spot above the angle of the mouth. 



Total length 230 millim. ; tail 35. 



Malay Peninsula : Penang, Perak, Pahang (Gunong Tahau), 

 Selangor, Singapore ; Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes. 



Fairly common in Selangor, where it is found in damp situa- 

 tions among dead leaves. 



Genus CALAMARIA. 

 Boie, in Ferussac, Bull. Sc. Nat. ix, p. 230 (1826). 



Maxillary teeth 8 to 11, subequal ; anterior mandibular teeth a 

 little longer than the posterior. Head not distinct from neck ; 

 eye small, with round pupil ; nostril pierced in a minute nasal ; 

 no loreal ; no internasals ; no temporals, the parietals in contact 

 Avith the labials. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, witliout apical 

 pits, in 13 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail short; subcaudals in two 

 rows. 



From Assam, Burma, and Southern China to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago. Five species have been recorded from the Malay Peninsula. 



