121. CALAMARIA. 333 
Symphysial in contact with the chin- 
shields:; tail poimped) <1. «elas . 0/64 + os 31. melanota, p. 349. 
C. Four upper labials, third entering 
CHB ICV Or eee ean ise oye & ss 5 32. lovid, p. 350. 
II. Ventrals 300-320 ; no distinct post- 
QCUlAR Jase J5 oe ae ee ee ee fe 33. gracillima, p. 350. 
1. Calamaria lumbricoidea. 
Calamaria lumbricoidea, Bote, Iss, 1827, p.540; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. 
p- 27, pl.i. figs. 14-16 (1837) ; Dum. §& Bibr. vii. p. 89 (1854) ; Jan, 
Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and Icon. Gén. 10, pl. ii. 
fig. 2 (1865) ; v. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. Mus, xii. 1890, p. 254. 
lumbricoidea, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 5 (1858). 
variabilis, v. Liadth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. 
p. 188, pl. xvi. fig. 8 (1890). 
Rostral broader than deep, well visible from above ; frontal longer 
than broad, slightly shorter than the parietals, not twice as broad 
as the supraocular ; one pre- and one postocular ; diameter of the 
eye less than its distance from the mouth; five upper labials, the 
four anterior subequal in size, third and fourth entering the eye; 
symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; both pairs of 
chin-shields in contact with each other. 13 rows ofscales. Ventrals 
177-217; anal entire ; subcaudals 16-23. Tail ending in a point. 
Dark brown above, whitish inferiorly ; lower surface of the tail with 
a dark brown longitudinal streak. 
Total length 420 millim.; tail 35. 
Java; Celebes. 
A. Head uniform dark brown above. 
GG. GV. 191, €:22). Java. Leyden Museum. 
B. A yellowish band across the parietal shields. 
(sot! a hae Wi ae Orae i?) Pian Java. 
2. Calamaria vermiformis. 
Calamaria vermiformis, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 85 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. 
Zool, Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and Icon. Gén. 10, pl. i. fig. 3 
(1865). 
temminckii, Dum. § Bibr. t. c. p. 87; Giinth. Cat. p. 5 (1858). 
—— schlegelii (non D. §& B.), Giinth. 1. c. 
dimidiata, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxi. 1860, p. 295. 
melanorhynchus, Bleek. 1. c. 
— alkeni, Bleek. 7. ¢. 
flaviceps, Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, p. 90. 
vermiformis, var. sumatranus, v. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. 
_ Mus. xii. 1890, p. 18. 
Rostral a little broader than deep, visible from above ; frontal 
longer than broad, not twice as broad as the supraocular, shorter 
than the parietals ; a pre- and a postocular; diameter of the eye 
