153 



X Praeocular present. 



1. Tail obtuse; ventrals 135 163; 



subcaudals 9 23 41. C. linnaei p. 174. 



2. Tail obtuse; ventrals 152 192; 



subcaudals 17 22 42. C borneensis p. 175. 



3. Tail with a sharp point; ventrals 



145 154; subcaudals 17 20 ... 43. C. benjaminsi p. 175. 

 XX No praeocular; ventrals 158 181; 



subcaudals 15 17 44. C, javanica p. 176. 



ft First lower labial in contact with its fel- 

 low; ventrals 133 182; subcaudals 9 27. 45. C. pavimentata p. 176. 

 b. Frontal as broad as long; mental in contact 

 with the chin-shields; ventrals 133182; 



subcaudals 16 24 46. C. melanota p. 177. 



III. Four upper labials, third entering the eye. 47. C. lowi p. 177. 

 B. More than 300 ventrals; no postocular 48. C. gracillima p. 178. 



i. Calamaria lumbricoidea Boie. 



Calamaria lumbricoidea, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 540. 



Calamaria variability v. Lidth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. 1890, 



p. 183, pi. XVI, fig. 8. 

 Calamaria lumbricoidea, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 333. 



Diameter of the eye shorter than its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral more broad than deep, visible from above; frontal 

 more long than broad, shorter than the parietals, not twice 

 so broad as the supraocular; one prae- and one postocular; 

 five upper labials, the four anterior about equal, third and 

 fourth entering the eye; mental in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; both pairs of chin-shields in contact with each 

 other. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 177 217; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 16 23. Tail ending in a point. 



Dark brown above, with or without a yellowish band across 

 the parietals. Lower surface whitish; tail usually with a median 

 dark brown streak. Length of head and body 385 mm.; tail 35 mm. 



Habitat: Nias; Sumatra!; Java! (Batavia, Buitenzorg, 

 Tjibodas 1425 M., Volcano Tjisurupan); Celebes (Manado!). 



2. Calamaria vermiformis Dum. & Bibr. 



Calamaria vermiformis, Dumeril & Bibron, Erp. Gen. VII 1854, p. 85. 

 Calamaria vermiformis, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 333 (s. syn.). 



Diameter of eye equal to its distance from the mouth; rostral 



