350 COLUBRID. 
Rostral as deep as broad, well ‘visible from above; frontal as 
broad as long, three or four times as broad as the supraocular, 
shorter than the parietals ; one pree- and one postocular ; diameter 
of the eye less than its distance from the mouth ; four upper labials, 
second and fourth largest, second and third entering the eye; sym- 
physial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; two pairs of chin- 
shields, in contact with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 
133-142; anal entire; subcaudals 16-24. Tail ending in a point. 
Black above, each scale lighter in the centre ; lateral scales, ventrals, 
and subcaudals white, with a black edge. 
Total length 240 millim. ; tail 30. 
Borneo and Java. 
a-d. & (V. 134, 183; 8.E. Borneo. 
©. 24, 24) & 9 (V. 
142,135; C. 16,17). 
Kix YY 
32. Calamaria lovii. (Pate XX.-fig. 2.) 
Calamaria lovii, Bouleng. Ann. § Mag. N. H. (5) xix. 1887, p. 196, 
fig. 
Rostral nearly as deep as broad, visible from above; frontal as 
broad as long, shorter than the parietals, thrice as broad as the 
supraocular ; no preocular ; one postocular; diameter of the eye about 
half its distance from the mouth; four upper labials, third entering 
the eye; symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 
both pairs of chin-shields in contact with each other. Scales in 13 
rows. Ventrals 211-225; anal entire; subcaudals 15-22. Tail 
ending obtusely. Plumbeous or dark brown above, with longitu- 
dinal lines of light dots; upper lip yellowish; anterior fourth of 
the body with a lateral series of large yellowish spots ; a few other 
such spots on the tail. 
Total length 265 millim.; tail 22. 
Borneo. 
A. Belly uniform blackish, plumbeous ; a yellow 
cross bar above the vent. 
a. go (V. 211; C. 22). Rejang R., Sarawak. Bropi Ei Esq. [P.]. 
ype. 
B. Belly blotched, dark brown and yellow. 
b. 2 (V. 225; C.15). Niah R., Sarawak. C. Hose, Esq. [C.]. 
33. Calamaria gracillima. 
Calamaria gracillima, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 594, pl. xxxix. 
fi 
g. A. 
Typhlocalamus gracillimus, Giinth. 1. c. p. 589. 
Rostral as deep as broad, visible from above; frontal a little 
