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. 9. Calamaria grayi. 
Calamaria grayi, Giinth. Cat. p. 6 (1858). 
—— philippinica, Steindachn. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, xvii. 
1867, p. 514, pl. xiii. figs. 4-6, 
Snout very short and broadly rounded. Rostral nearly as deep 
as broad, well visible from above; frontal a little longer than broad, 
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 sub- 
equal in size, third and fourth entering the eye ; symphysial in contact 
with the anterior chin-shields ; two pairs of chin-shields, in contact 
with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 175-195; anal 
entire; subcaudals 14-24. Tail ending in a rather obtuse point. 
Young reddish white, with black rings; adult uniform blackish 
above, alternately barred black and white below. 
Total length 365 millim.; tail 35. 
Philippine Islands. 
a,b. & (V. 175; C. 24) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.], 
yg. (V. 195; C. 16). (Types. ) 
10. Calamaria bitorques. 
Calamaria gervaisii, part., Giinth. Cat. p. 4 (1858). 
bitorques, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1872, p. 585. 
Rostral as deep as broad, well visible from above; frontal longer 
than broad, as long as the parietals, about twice as broad as the 
supraocular ; one pre- and one postocular; the diameter of the eye 
nearly equals 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 of scales. Ventrals 
151-199; anal entire; subcaudals 13-21. Tail ending in a point. 
Brown above, the young with dark transverse bands separated by 
yellowish interspaces; only the two or three anterior of these cross 
bands persist in the adult ; lower parts uniform yellowish. 
Total length 265 millim. ; tail 20. 
Philippine islands. 
a. 9 (V..199; C. 18). Luzon. Dr. A. B, Meyer [C.]. 
b,c. 2 (V. 183; C. 15) & Philippines. H, Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 
ye. (V. 151;"C. 18). 
d,e. & (V. 158; C. 20) & Philippines. Hr. Salmin [C.]. 
yg. (V. 158; C. 21). 
11, Calamaria gervaisii. 
Calamaria virgulata (non Bote), Eydoux § Gervais, in Guér, Mag. 
Zool. Cl. iii. 1837, pl. xvi. figs. 7-10, and Voy. Favorite, v. Zool. 
pl. xxx. figs, 7-10 (1859). 
—— gervaisii, Dum. § Bibr. vii. p. 76 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. Zool, Anat. 
Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and Icon, Gén, 10, pl. i. fig. 1 (1865). 
—— gervaisii, part., Giinth, Cat. p. 4 (1858). 
Rostral as deep as broad, well visible from above ; frontal longer 
