117. mMAcRocaLaAMus.—118. 1proPHoLts. Ss erh 
117. MACROCALAMUS. 
Macrocalamus, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 198 (1864). 
Maxillary teeth about 10, subequal; mandibular teeth subequal. 
Head not distinct from neck; eye small, with round pupil; nostril 
pierced between a nasal and the first upper labial ; no internasals ; 
no loreal; a preocular. Body cylindrical ; scales smooth, without 
apical pits, in 15 rows: ventrals rounded. ‘Tail short ; subcaudals 
in two rows. 
Malay Peninsula ? 
1. Macrocalamus lateralis. 
Macrocalamus lateralis, Giinth. 1. c. p. 199, pl. xviii. fig. D. 
Rostral deeper than broad, extending on to the upper surface of 
the head, separating the nasals; frontal longer than broad, a little 
longer than its distance from the end of the snout, a little shorter 
than the parietals ; one pree- and one postocular: temporals 1+2 ; 
eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; first lower 
labial in contact with its fellow behind the symphysial; four lower 
labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin- 
shields small and separated from each other. Scales in 15 rows. 
Ventrals 118; anal entire; subcaudals 20. Reddish brown above, 
with a few small blackish spots ; a dark brown lateral stripe, enclos- 
ing a series of small whitish spots; whitish inferiorly, with a few 
brown dots. 
Total length 300 millim.; tail 52. 
Malay Peninsula? 
cn Valle. Ce 20) —? Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
(Type.) 
118. IDIOPHOLIS. 
Idiopholis, Mocquard, Le Natur. 1892, p. 35, and Mém. Soc. Zool. Fr. 
v. 1892, p. 191. 
Maxillary teeth numerous, very small and equal. Head not 
distinct from neck; eye very small, with round pupil; nostril 
pierced between two small nasals; a pair of small internasals 
separated by a small azygous shield; no supraocular; no loreal ; 
no preocular ; no anterior temporal. Body cylindrical ; scales 
smooth, without apical pits, in 15 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail 
short; subcaudals in two rows. 
Borneo. 
1. Idiopholis collaris. 
Idiopholis collaris, Mocquard, Le Natw*. 1892, p. 35, and Mém. Soe. 
Zool. Fr. v. 1892, p. 191, pl. vii. fig. 1. 
Snout short, obtuse. Rostral narrow, deeper than broad; frontal 
broader than long, as long as the prefrontals, about half as long as 
the parietals ; six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, 
fifth largest and forming a suture with the parictal ; anterior chin- 
