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Dark grey-brown above, with black dots or spots; scales 

 of the outer row with a white centre; a yellowish collar, most 

 distinct in the young. Lower surface yellowish-white, the ventrals 

 spotted or edged with dark brown or with a median series 

 of dark brown spots. Length of head and body 370 mm.; 

 tail 10 mm. 



Type-specimens examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: Celebes (Bone Mts., Tomohon, Rurukan 4000 feet !). 



29. Calamaria lateralis Mocquard. 



Calamaria lateralis, Mocquard, Le Natural. 1890, p. 154; Nouv. Arch. Mus. (3) 



II 1890, p. 136, pi. VIII, fig. 4. 

 Calamaria lateralis, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 34 2 - 



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

 rostral visible from above; frontal more long than broad, as 

 long as the parietals; one praeocular; postocular fused with 

 the supraocular; five upper labials, third and fourth entering 

 the eye, fifth largest; first lower labial in contact with its 

 fellow behind the mental; both pairs of chin-shields in contact. 

 Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 146; anal entire; subcaudals 21. 

 Tail ending in a point. 



Blackish-brown above; a white lateral line along the second 

 and third rows of scales. Lower surface lighter brown. Length 

 of head and body 233 mm.; tail 12 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the Paris Museum. 



Habitat: Borneo (Kina Balu!). 



30. Calamaria beccarii Peters. 



Calamaria beccarii, Peters, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova III 1872, p. 34. 

 Calamaria beccarii, Boulenger, Cat. Sn. II 1894, p. 343. 



Rostral visible from above; frontal more long than broad; 

 one prae- and two postoculars; five upper labials; first lower 

 labial in contact with its fellow behind the mental; both pairs 

 of chin-shields in contact. Scales in 13 rows; ventrals 150; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 16. 



Brown above, with six dark longitudinal lines. Lower 

 surface dirty white; tail with a black median line on its 

 posterior part. Length of head and body 169 mm.; tail 14 mm. 

 (Not seen by me). 



Habitat: Borneo (Sarawak). 



