164 



small dark spot on the outer ends; a broad dark median line 

 along the tail. Length of head and body 245 mm.; tail 33 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the Amsterdam Museum. 



Habitat: Simalur!; Cocos Islands (Pulu si Laut N.W. 

 off Simalur!). 



21. Calamaria leucogaster Bleeker. 



Calamaria leucogaster, Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. XXI, 1860, p. 293. 

 Calamaria leucogdster, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 341. 



Snout pointed; diameter of the eye equal to its distance 

 from the mouth; rostral almost as deep as broad; frontal more 

 long than broad, about twice as broad as a supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals; one prae- and one postocular; five or six 

 upper labials, second larger than the first or third, third and 

 fourth or fourth and fifth entering the eye; first lower labial 

 in contact with its fellow behind the mental; three lower 

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

 chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 133 151; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 12 23. Tail ending in a point. 



Brown or purplish above, with eight dark longitudinal lines 

 or traces of lines; nape blackish, followed by a yellow collar; 

 upper lip yellow; a dark streak behind the eye; tail with two 

 dark transverse spots. Lower surface uniformly yellow. Length 

 of head and body 187 mm.; tail 13 mm. 



One of the type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Ampatlawang!, Battak Highlands 

 800 1000 M.); Borneo (Kina Balu, Kuching, Matang, Sara- 

 wak!, Labuan). 



22. Calamaria quinquetaeniata Despax. 



Calamaria quinquetaeniata, Despax, Bull. Mus. d' Hist. Nat. 1912, p. 6. 



Diameter of the eye two thirds its distance from the mouth; 

 rostral as deep as broad; frontal more long than broad, twice 

 as broad as a supraocular, shorter than the parietals; one 

 prae- and one postocular; five upper labials, second larger 

 than first, third and fourth entering the eye, fifth very large; 

 first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind the mental; 

 posterior chin-shields separated posteriorly by a scale. Scales 

 in 13 rows; ventrals 178; subcaudals 26. Tail obtuse. 



Pale brown above, with five bluish-black iridescent longi- 



