121. CALAMARIA. 339 



than broad, shorter than the parietal*, about 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 152-178 ; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 12-18. Tail ending in an obtuse point. 

 Brown or blackish above, with or without darker or lighter spots 

 and streaks ; a black spot at the outer extremity of each ventral 

 shield, and a blackish line along the lower surface of the tail. 



Total length 255 millim. ; tail 20. 



Philippine Islands. 



A. Brown above, with three light dorsal streaks or series of spots 



bordered by series of black dots ; belly uniform yellowish or 

 with a few scattered black dots. 



a, b. $ (V. 167 ; C. 13) & Philippines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



yg. (V. 170,; C. 17). 



c. $ (V. 171 ; C. 12). Luzon. Dr. A. B. Meyer [C.]. 



B. Brown above, with four more or less distinct blackish longi- 



tudinal lines ; ventrals dotted with brown anteriorly. 



d, e. J (V. 162 ; C. 18) & Philippines. % H. Cuming, Esq. [C.l 

 $ (V. 178; C. 12). 



f. d (V. 163; C. 17). Philippines. Hr. Salmin [C.]. 



C. Blackish brown above, with minute whitish dots ; ventrals black 



anteriorly. 



g. $ (V. 169 ; C. 14). S. Negros. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. 







12. Calamaria sumatrana. 



Calamaria suuiatrana, Edeling, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxxi. 

 1870, p. 379 ; Bouleng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1890, p. 34 ; W. L. Sclater, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Seng. Ix. 1891, p. 233. 



Rostral a little broader than deep ; frontal longer than broad, a 

 little shorter than the parietals, rather more than twice as broad as 

 the supraocular ; one pra3- and one postocular ; the diameter of the 

 eye equals its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of chin-shields in contact 

 with each other, the anterior in contact with the symphysial. Scales 

 in 13 rows. Ventrals 129-176; anal entire; subcaudals 12-31*. 

 Tail ending in a point. Keddish brown or dark brown above, 

 with five black longitudinal lines or series of small black spots ; 

 each scale of the outer row with a white spot; a more or less 

 distinct yellow collar on the nape, continuous or narrowly inter- 

 rupted in the middle ; sometimes a similar marking at the base 

 of the tail; lower parts uniform yellowish, with a more or less 

 distinct black line along the middle of the tail. 



* The male specimen from Singapore in the Calcutta Museum Las lliU 

 ventral* and 31 suboaudals. 



