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as broad, not twice so broad as a supraocular, shorter than 

 the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye, fifth largest; mental in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields; both pairs of chin-shields in 

 contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 126 144; anal entire; 

 subcaudals 25 30. Tail obtuse, with a conical scale at the end. 



Dark brown above, with bluish gloss; scales of outer row 

 with a light spot; sometimes indistinct black longitudinal lines 

 on the back; an indication of a light collar present or absent; 

 four anterior upper labials white, with dark sutures. Lower 

 surface yellow, with or without small dark spots; tail with a 

 median black line. Length of head and body 220 mm.; tail 40 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the Leiden Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Sandakan Bay!). 



9. Calamaria nuchalis Boulenger. 



Calamaria nuchalis, Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVIII 1896, p. 62; Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1897, pi. XIII, fig. 3. 



Diameter of the eye greater than its distance from the 

 mouth; rostral more broad than deep; frontal one time and 

 two thirds as long as broad, three times as broad as a supra- 

 ocular, as long as the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; 

 five upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; mental 

 and three lower labials in contact with the anterior chin- 

 shields; both pairs of chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; 

 ventrals 135; anal entire; subcaudals 16. Tail ending in an 

 obtuse point. 



Dark brown above, with small round black spots; a black 

 lateral streak along the second row of scales, outer row white; 

 head dark brown, speckled with black; nape yellowish, with 

 two large black blotches; tail with three or four yellow 

 blotches on each side. Lower surface white, each ventral with 

 a black dot at the outer end; subcaudals white, a black median 

 line posteriorly. Length of head and body 165 mm.; tail 15 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: S. Celebes 2000 feet!. 



10. Calamaria sumatrana Edeling. 



Calamaria sumatrana, Edeling, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. XXXI 1870, p. 379. 

 Calamaria sumatrana, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 339. 



Diameter of the eye equals its distance from the mouth; 



