144 



entering the eye, fifth largest; three lower labials in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields; 

 mental not quite touching the 

 anterior chin-shields; latter slightly 

 shorter than the posterior. Scales 

 in 15 rows; ventrals 139 164; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 36 40. 

 Tail pointed. 



Blackish-brown above , iri- 

 descent. Lower surface whitish, 

 the shields darker at the base. 

 Length of head and body 190 mm. ; 

 tail 45 mm. 



Habitat: Celebes (Sudara Vol- 

 cano 4450 feet, Lokon Volcano 



Fig. 59. Agrophis sarasinorum 

 F. Mtiller. After BOULENGER. 



5150 feet, Masarang Volcano 4000 feet!). 



2. Agrophis saravacensis Shelford. 



Agrophis saravacensis, Shelford, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) VIII 1901, p. 516. 



Snout obtusely pointed; rostral large; praefrontals large, 

 nearly as long as the frontal; latter large, rhomboidal, shorter 

 than the parietals; supraocular and postocular very small; five 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth largest; 

 mental in contact with the anterior chin-shields; three lower 

 labials in contact with the latter, which are longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 113; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 26. Tail pointed. 



Dark brown, iridescent; a red blotch on each side of the 

 head just above the angle of the jaw, and an irregular red 

 band on the neck. Length of head and body 120 mm.; tail 22 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Kuching in Sarawak!). 



Only one specimen known. 



3. Agrophis albonuchalis (Giinther). 



Geophis albonuchalis, Giinther, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVII 1896, p. 229. 

 Agrophis albonuchalis, Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1897, p. 222. 



Snout pointed ; internasals triangular, one fourth as large as 

 the praefrontals, which enter the orbit; frontal large, more 

 broad than long, pressing back the supraocular to the postero- 



