330 COLUBRID2%. 
characters :—Frontal a little broader than long, about half as long 
as the parietals; supraocular smaller still and confluent with the 
postocular; no preocular. Uniform iridescent blackish brown. 
Total length 280 millim.; tail 20. 
Philippine Islands, 
a. 9 (V. 152; C.-16). Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq.[C.]. (Type.) 
6. 3 (V. 186; C. 23). Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C. ]. 
121. CALAMARIA. 
Calamaria, Bove, in Férussac, Bull. Se. Nat. ix. 1826, p. 236, and Isis, 
1827, p.519; Dum. § Libr. Erp. Gen. vii. p. 60 (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 
Col. Sn. p. 8 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 4; 
Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 195 (1864); Bouleng. Faun. Ind., Rept. 
p- 281 (1890). 
Calamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 
Typhlocalamus, Giinth. Proc. Zool, Soc. 1872, p. 595. 
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 ; preocular present or absent ; no temporals, 
Fig. 24, 
Skull of Calamaria linnei. 
the parietals in contact with the labials. Body cylindrical ; scales 
smooth, without apical pits, in 13 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail 
short; subcaudals in two rows. 
From Assam, Burma, and 8. China to the Malay Archipelago. 
