•456 On neiv >inakes in the British Museum. 



Calamaria Gimlettii. 



Rostral as deep as broad, the portion visible from above as 

 long as its distance from the frontal, which is as broad as 

 long and three times as broad as the supraocular ; parietals 

 much longer than the frontal ; no prteocular ; one post- 

 ocular ; diameter of the eye two thirds its distance from the 

 mouth ; four upper labials, second and third entering the eye ; 

 first pair of lower labials forming a suture with its fellow 

 behind the symphysial ; both pairs of chin-shields in contact 

 with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 239 ; anal 

 entire; subcaudals 11. Brown above, finely speckled witli 

 yellowisli ; scales of tlie two outer rows brown in front and 

 white behind ; a pair of yellowish spots on the upper surface 

 of the tail, near its base ; upper lip and lower parts white ; a 

 brown spot at the outer end of each ventral shield ; a brown 

 longitudinal line between the subcaudal shields. 



Total length 265 mm. ; tail 8. 



A single female specimen from Kelantan, Malay Peninsula, 

 collected by Dr. Gimlette. 



Elaps princeps. 



Eye measuring three fifths to two thirds its distance from 

 the mouth. Rostral broader than deep ; frontal broader than 

 the supraocular, once and one third to once and a half as 

 long as broad, shorter than its distance from the end of the 

 snout ; parietals longer than the frontal, as long as their 

 distance from the iuternasals ; one pros- and two postoculars ; 

 temporals 1 + 2 ; posterior nasal separated from the prteocular 

 by the prsefrontal ; seven upper labials, third much longer 

 than fourth and in contact with the prefrontal, third and 

 fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are shorter than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 220-228 ; anal divided j sub- 

 caudals 19-22 (3 to 5 of the anterior entire). Body with 

 black annuli disposed in threes, subequal in width and 

 separated by wider yellow interspaces ; 7 or 8 sets of annuli, 

 separated by red interspaces, which are about twice as broad 

 as the yellow ones ; the yellow and red scales brown behind, 

 the former tipped with black ; snout yellow, spotted with 

 black ; a narrow black cross-band traversing the eyes, across 

 third upper labials, supraoculars, and frontal ; back of the 

 head, includmg posterior part of frontal and supraoculars, red, 

 the shields edged with brown. 



Total length 1220 mm. ; tail 65. 



Four specimens from the Province Sara, Department Santa 

 Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, collected by Hr. J. Steinbach. 



