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CALAMARIA —Bore. 
Genus Caramaria.—Cuaracters. Head small, hardly distinct from the body; 
mouth small; eyes minute; frontal plates lengthened to form part of the orbit; 
nasal plates two; no loral, but anterior frontal in some descends to labial; body 
small, and nearly of equal thickness throughout; tail very short. 
CALAMARIA ELAPSOIDEA.—Holbrook. 
Plate XXVIII. 
Cuaractrrs. Head small, size of the neck; body scarlet, surrounded by black 
rings, in the centre of which is a smaller white ring; no loral plate. PI. 170. 
Sc. 38. 
Description. The head is small and like that of the Elaps fulvius, and not 
very distinct from the body; it is short, with the snout rounded. The vertical 
plate is triangular and elongated, with the basis directed forwards and the apex 
backwards. The superior orbital are nearly quadrilateral, pointed anteriorly, and 
do not project much externally. The occipital plates are oblong, their inner 
margins straight, their outer margins rounded, broadest in front, and joined to 
the vertical and superior orbital plates. There are two temporal plates, small, 
nearly of the same size, and quadrilateral in shape. The frontal plates are 
pentagonal and broad internally, but pointed externally, where they descend to 
join the labial plates, as there is no loral; the anterior frontal are small, and 
nearly quadrilateral. The nasal plates are two in number, nearly quadrilateral, 
