121. CAL1MARU. 



S\ inphysial in contact with the chin- 

 shields ; tail pointed 31. melanota, p. 34H. 



('. l-'our upper labials, third entering 



the eye 32. torn, p. 350. 



II. Ventrals 300-320 ; no distinct poet- 

 ocular 33. gracilUma, p. 350. 



1. Calamaria lumbricoidea. 



Calamaria lumbricoidea, Boie, Isis, 1827, p. 540 ; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. 



p. -27, pl.L figs. 14-115 (1837) ; Dum. $ Bibr. vii. p. 89 (1854) ; Jan, 



Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and lam. Gen. 10, pi. ii. 



tig. 2 (1865) ; r. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. 1890, p. i>">4. 



lumbricoidea, part., Gitnth. Cat. p. 5 (1858). 



variabilis, v. Lidth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergebn. 



p. 183, pL xvi. fig. 8 (1890). 



Rostral broader than deep, well visible from above ; frontal longer 

 than broad, slightly shorter than the parietals, not twice as broad 

 as the supraocular ; one prae- and one postocular ; diameter of the 

 eye less than its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, the 

 four anterior subequal in size, third and fourth entering the eye; 

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

 chin-shields in contact with each other. 13 rows of scales. Ventrals 

 177-217; anal entire ; subcaudals 16-23. Tail ending in a point. 

 Dark brown above, whitish inferiorly ; lower surface of the tail with 

 a dark brown longitudinal streak. 



Total length 420 millim. ; tail 35. 



Java; Celebes. 



A. Head uniform dark brown above. 



a. <$ (V. 191 ; C. 22). Java. Leyden Museum. 



B. A yellowish band across the parietal shields. 



b. rf (V. 177 ; 0. 19). Java. 



2. Calamaria vermiformis. 



Calamaria vermiformis, Dum. 8f Bibr. vii. p. 85 (1864) ; Jan, Arch. 



Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 18(52, p. 8, and Icon. Gen. 10, pi. ii. fig. 3 



(1866). 



temminckii, Dum. fy Bibr. t. c. p. 87 ; Giutth. Cat. p. 5 (1868). 



schlegelii (non I). $ B.), Gitnth. I. c. 



dimidiata, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxi. 1860, p. 295. 



melanorhyncbus, Bleek. I. c. 



alkeni, B'leek. I. c. 



flavicepe, Gitnth. Ann. M(ig. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, p. 90. 



vermitbrmis, var. sumatranus, v. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. 



Mus. xii. 1890, p. 18. 



Rostral a little broader than deep, visible from above; frontal 

 longer than broad, not twice as broad as the supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals ; a pne- and a postocular ; diameter of the eye 



