134 



porals 1+2; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye; three or four lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; latter as long as or longer than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 134 163; anal divided (very rarely 

 entire); subcaudals 21 28. 



Orange, red, brown or black above, with or without small 

 yellow or orange, dark-edged spots, sometimes in pairs or 

 forming transverse series; often a yellow collar; a yellow or 

 reddish vertebral stripe posteriorly; head with a dark brown 

 transverse band on the occiput; a dark oblique streak below 

 the eye. Lower surface yellowish-white or pinkish, with or 

 without grey dots or black spots; often a black stripe along 

 the outer ends of the ventrals. Length of head and body 

 310 mm.; tail 45 mm. 



Nom. in dig. Baluntete (Toradja-name). 



Habitat: Celebes (Pinogo in Bone Valley! (types of 

 Oligodon taeniurus), Masarang, Tomohon, Rurukan, Minahassa, 

 Posso!, Boni). 



27. Elapoides Boie. 



(Bom, Isis, p. 519, 1827). 



Head not distinct from neck; eye small; pupil round; nostril 

 large, between two nasals, posterior nasal concave; praeocular 

 absent, loreal and praefrontal entering the eye. Maxillary 

 teeth about 20, small, equal; mandibular teeth about equal. 

 Body round, slender, covered with lanceolate keeled scales, 

 without pits, in 15 rows; ventrals rounded. Tail long; sub- 

 caudals in two rows. 



Distribution. Sumatra; Java. 



A single species. 



i. Elapoides fuscus Boie. 



Elafoides fuscus, Boie, Isis 1827, p. 519. 



Elapoides fuscus^ Boulenger, Cat. Sn. I 1893, p. 307. 



Snout short and broad, rounded; rostral more broad than 

 deep, visible from above; suture between the internasals as 

 long as or shorter than that between the praefrontals; frontal 

 as broad as long or more broad, shorter than the parietals; supra- 

 ocular very small; no praeocular, loreal and praefrontal entering 

 the eye; a small postocular; temporal narrow, long; six upper 



