336 



5. Calamaria grabowskii. 

 Calamarift grabowskyi, Fischer, Arch.f. Nat. 1885, p. 50, pi. iv. fig. 1. 



Rostral nearly as deep as broad ; frontal once and two thirds as 

 long as broud, not twice as broad as the supraocular, as long as 

 the parietals ; a prae- and a postocular ; diameter of the eye more 

 than its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, 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 187 ; anal entire : subcaudals 20-22. 

 Tail ending in a point. Brown above, with small black spots ; 

 ventral shields and outer row of scales black, edged with white. 



Total length 430 millirn. ; tail 32. 



Borneo. 



a-b. $ (V. 187, 187 ; 0. 20, 22). S.E. Borneo. 



Hr. Grabowsky [C.j ; 

 Dr. J. G. Fischer. 

 (Types.) 



5. Calamaria albiventer. 



Changulia albiventer, Gray, III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. Ixxxvi. fig. 3 (1834). 

 Calamaria linnsei, var., Cantor, Cat. Mai. Kept. p. 62 (1847). 



albiventer, Giinth. Cat. p. 4 (1858), and Rept. Brit. Ind. 



p. 197 (1864). 



Rostral nearly as deep as broad, well visible from above ; frontal 

 once and a half as long as broad, as long as the parietals, not twice 

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

 of the eye equal to 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 143-167; anal entire; subcaudals 16-21. Tail ending 

 in a point. Brown above, with four yellow (vermilion) longitudinal 

 streaks ; lower parts uniform yellow (carmine), with a black streak 

 running along the junction of the ventrals with the lower row of 

 scales ; a black line along the middle of the tail. 



Total length 390 millim. ; tail 20. 



Pinang. 



a, b. $ (V. 160, 157; C. 17, 17). Pinang. 



c-d. $ (V. 167, 166; C. 17, 16). 

 e-f. c? (V. 143 ; C. 21) & $ 

 (V. 159 ; C. 16). 



Pinang. 



P 



Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



(Types.) 

 Dr. Cantor. 



7. Calamaria margaritifera. (PLATE XVII. fig. 2.) 



Calamaria margaritophora, Sleeker, Nat. Tijdsch)-. Nederl. Ind. xxi. 



1860, p. 294. 

 maculolineata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1863, p. 403. 



Rostral as deep as broad, well visible from above ; frontal longer 

 than broad, nearly as long as the parietals, not twice as broad as 



