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211 235; ana l entire; subcaudals 10 13. Tail rounded 

 at the end. 



Grey-brown above, with small black spots; outer row of 

 scales white, black at the base. Lower surface white, the outer 

 edge of the ventrals black, and a continuous or interrupted 

 median series of small black spots. Young specimens with 

 interrupted yellowish collars. Length of head and body 312 mm.; 

 tail 8 mm. 



Type : specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: S. Celebes (Bonthain Peak 6000 feet!, Bua Praeng). 



14. Calamaria acutirostris Boulenger. 



Calamaria acutirostris, Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) XVII 1866, p. 394; 

 Proc. Zool Soc. 1897, pi. XIII, fig. 2. 



Snout pointed; diameter of the eye hardly equals its distance 

 from the mouth; rostral as deep as broad; frontal as long as 

 broad or a little more long, four times as broad as a supra- 

 ocular, much shorter than 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; posterior chin-shields smaller and separated by a 

 scale. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 156 179; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 14 24. Tail ending in a point. 



Blackish-brown above; white below. Length of head and 

 body 207 mm.; tail 43 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: S. Celebes (Loka-Bonthain Peak 3500 feet!, 

 Bua Praeng). 



15. Calamaria curta Boulenger. 



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

 Zool. Soc. 1897, pi. XIV, fig. 2. 



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

 rostral almost as deep as broad; frontal one time and two 

 thirds as long as broad, twice as broad as a supraocular, much 

 shorter than 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 

 154; anal entire; subcaudals 14. Tail ending in a point. 



