26l 



into a band after the anterior fourth of the body. Length of 

 head and body 305 mm.; tail 50 mm. 



Type-specimen examined in the British Museum. 



Habitat: New Guinea (Dinawa in Owen Stanley Range 

 4000 feet!). 



2. Apistocalamus loriae Boulenger. 



Apistocalamus loriae^ Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova (2) XVIII 1897, p. 705, 

 pi. VIII, fig. i. 



Snout short, broadly rounded. Rostral slightly more broad 

 than deep, visible from above; posterior nasal in contact with 

 the praeocular; internasals about one third the length of the 

 praefrontals; frontal as long as its distance from the tip of 

 the snout, much shorter than the parietals; one praeocular 

 and two postoculars, upper much larger than lower; temporals 

 1+2; six upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye, 

 sixth largest; three lower labials in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields; latter larger than the posterior, which are sepa- 

 rated by a large scale. Scales in 15 rows; ventrals 196; anal 

 divided; subcaudals 48+? 



Dark greyish-olive above; upper lip yellowish. Lower surface 

 yellowish, with three series of small dark spots along the 

 ventrals; subcaudals dark with light edges. Length of head 

 and body 490 mm.; tail (injured) 90 mm. (After BOULENGER; 

 not seen by me). 



Habitat: New Guinea (Haveri). 



3. Apistocalamus grandis Boulenger. 



Apistocalamus grandis^ Boulenger, Transact. Zool. Soc. XX 

 1914, p. 265, pi. XXX, fig. 3. 



Snout short, broadly rounded. Rostral more 

 broad than deep, just visible from above; 

 posterior nasal in contact with the praeocular; 

 internasals not quite half so long as the prae- 

 frontals; frontal as long as its distance from 

 the tip of the snout, much shorter than the 

 Fig. 103. Apistoca- parietals; one prae- and one postocular; tem- 

 lamus grandis Blgr. pO rals I + 2 ; six upper labials, third and fourth 

 lenger ' entering the eye, last largest; three lower 

 labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields; latter slightly 



