121. CALAMARIA. ; 349 
A. Lower parts uniform yellowish, with a dark line along the tail. 
a. Her. (V. 141; C. 13). p Gen. Hardwicke [C.]. 
b-c. 9 (V. 182; C.14)& Pegu. W. Theobald, Esq. [P.]. 
yg: (V. 176; C. 25), 
B. Ventrals and subcaudals obscured with brown mottlings, or 
brown with light borders. 
a. db (V. 152; C. 20). Siam. M. Mouhot [C.]. 
b,c. g (V. 155; CO, 21) Lao Mountains. M. Mouhot [C. }. 
& 2 (V. 180; C. 18). (Types of C. stamensis.) 
18 
d. & (V. 160; C. 22). North Chin hills,  E. Y. Watson, Esq. [P.]. 
Upper Burma. 
30. Calamaria septentrionalis. (Prare XX. fig. 1.) 
Calamaria quadrimaculata (non D. § B.), Giinth. Ann. § Mag. N. H. 
» (6) i. 1888, p. 165. 
—— septentrionalis, Boweng. Proc, Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 34. 
Rostral broader than deep, not or hardly visible from above ; 
frontal as broad as long, shorter than the parietals, about twice and 
a half to three times as broad as the supraocular; one prx- and one 
postocular ; the diameter of the eye nearly equal to its distance from 
the mouth; four upper labials, second and third entering the eye ; 
first pair of lower labials forming a suture behind the symphysial ; 
two pairs of chin-shields, in contact with each other. Scales in 13 
rows. Ventrals 148-177; anal entire; subcaudals 9-17. ‘Tail 
rounded at the end. Blackish brown above, with three longitudinal 
series of small black spots; each scale of the outer row with a 
whitish spot ; a yellow nuchal collar, interrupted in the middle, and 
a pair of yellow spots at the base of the tail; lower parts uniform 
coral-red, with a black line along the middle of the tail. 
Total length 300 millim. ; tail 13-22. 
China. 
a-d, e, f. & (V. 161, Mountains North A. E. Pratt, Esq.) 
159, 148; C. 17, 16, of Kiukiang. [C.]. | 
15) & 9 (V.171, 172, LT 
176; C. 9, 10, 9). ¢ (Types.) 
g. Yg. (V.176; C.10). Hong Kong. HLMS. ‘Chal- | 
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lenger.’ 
h. O°(V.1743 C,9). Mainland opposite J. J. Walker, Esq. peal 
Chusan Archi- 
pelago. 
t. Hgr. (V.177; C.10). Chusan Archipel- J. J. Walker, Esq. [P.]. 
ago. 
31. Calamaria melanota. 
Calamaria linnzei, vars. melanota e¢ gastrogramma, Jan, Arch. Zool. 
Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 5, pl. v., and Icon. Gén. 10, pl. i. figs. 4 & 5 
(1865). 
