on. riiKin.i:. 



characters : Frontal a little broader than long, about half as long 

 as the parietals ; supraocular smaller still and confluent with tho 

 postocular; no praeocular. Uniform iridescent blackish brown. 



Total length 260 millim. ; tail 20. 



Philippine Islands. 



a. $ (V. l.W; C. 1(5). Philippines. H. Cmnin-r, Ksq. [C.J. (Type.) 



b. <$ (V. 136 ; C. 23). Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.J. 



121. CALAMARIA. 



Calanwria, Boie, in Ferussac, Bull. Sc. Nat. ix. 182(>, p. 236, and Isis, 



1827, p. 519 ; Dam. $ Bibr. Erp. Gtn. vii. p. GO (1854) ; Giinth. Cat. 



Col. Sn. p. 3 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 4 ; 



Giinth. Rept. Brit. 2nd. p. 195 (le>64) ; Bouleny. Faun. 2nd., Itept. 



p. 281 (1800). 



Calamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 

 Typhlocalamus, Giinth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 695. 



Maxillary teeth 8 to 11, eubequal ; anterior mandibular teeth a 

 little longer than the posterior. Head not distinct from neck ; eye 

 small, with round pupil; nostril pierced in a minute nasal; no 

 loreal ; no internasals ; praeocular present or absent ; no temporals, 



Fig. 24. 



Skull of Calamaria linnai. 



the parietals in contact with the labials. Body cylindrical ; scales 

 smooth, without apical pits, in 13 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail 

 short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



From Assam, Burma, and S. China to the Malay Archipelago. 



