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VII. — Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians ob- 

 tained hi/ Mr. Alfred Everett in Celebes and Janipea. By 

 G. A. BOULENGER, F.R.S. 



Cylindrophis isolepis. 



Diameter of eye two fifths its distance from the nostril ; 

 distance between the eyes equal to the length of the snout. 

 Rostral a little deeper than broad, separating the nasals, 

 in contact with the prasfrontals ; frontal a little larger 

 than the supraocular, considerably larger than the parietals, 

 as long as its distance from the end of the snout ; six upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye. 22 scales round 

 the body ; no enlarged ventrals ; subcaudals 5. Black, each 

 scale with a fine whitish edge ; belly with two alternating 

 series of large white blotches; lower surface of tail orange. 



Total length 430 millim. 



A single specimen from Jarapea Island. 



Calamaria nuchalis. 



Rostral broader than deep, its upper portion as long as its 

 distance from the frontal; frontal once and two thirds as 

 long as broad, thrice as broad as the supraocular, as long as 

 the parietals ; one prse- and one postocular ; diameter of the 

 eye greater than its distance from the mouth j five upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of chin- 

 shields in contact with each other, the anterior in contact with 

 the symphysial. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 135; anal 

 entire; subcaudals IG. Tail ending in an obtuse point. 

 Dark brown above, with small round black spots ; head dark 

 brown above, speckled with black; nape yellowish, with 

 two large black blotches ; a black lateral streak, running 

 along the second row of scales; outer row of scales white j 

 belly white, with a black dot at the outer end of each ventral ; 

 tail with three or four yellow blotches on each side; sub- 

 caudals white, with a black line between them in the posterior 

 half of the tail. 



Total length 180 millim. ; tail 15. 



S. Celebes ; a single male specimen. 



Calamaria curta. 



Rostral small, nearly as deep as broad, its upper portion 

 hardly half as long as its distance from the frontal ; frontal 



