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once and two thirds as long as broad, twice as broad as the 

 supraocular, much shorter than the parietals; one praj- and 

 one postocular ; diameter of the eye greater than its distance 

 from the mouth ; 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 154; anal entire; subcaudals 14. Tail 

 ending in a point. Olive-brown above, each scale with a 

 black basal spot ; head uniform ; two outer rows of scales 

 white, black at the base ; ventrals black at the base, white on 

 the border ; subcaudals white. 



Total length 315 millim.; tail 15. 



S. Celebes, 2000 feet ; a single female specimen. 



Calamaria gracilis. 



Rostral a little broader than deep, its upper portion about 

 half as long as its distance from the frontal ; frontal once and 

 a half as long as broad, twice as broad as the supraocular, 

 much shorter than the parietals ; one pr^e- and one postocular ; 

 diameter of the eye equal to its distance from the mouth ; 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 211-235 ; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 10-13. Tail rounded at the end. 

 Grey-brown above, with small black spots ; outer row of 

 scales white, black at the base; ventrals white, black on the 

 outer edge, with a continuous or interrupted median series of 

 small black spots. 



Total length 320 millim. ; tail 8. 



S. Celebes, 2000 feet ; one female specimen. Bontliain 

 Peak, 6000 feet ; two specimens, male and half-grown. 



Lachesis fasciatus. 



Snout slightly turned up, with strong canthus. Rostral 

 broader than deep; nasal entire; upper head-scales small, 

 imbricate, smooth on the snout and between the eyes, obtusely 

 keeled on the occiput ; supraocular large ; internasals large, 

 separated from each other by one scale ; 6 scales in a trans- 

 verse series between the supraoculars ; two postoculars and a 

 subocular, which is separated from the labials by one series 

 of scales in front and two behind ; 9 or 10 upper labials, first 

 fused with the nasal, second forming the anterior border of 

 the loreal pit, third largest ; temporal scales obtusely keeled. 

 Scales rather feebly keeled, in 21 rows. Ventrals 162 ; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 60 pairs. Tail feebly prehensile. Grey- 



