344 COLUBRID.E. 



Calamaria sinkawangensis, Sleek. I. o. 



roelandti, Blee k. 1. c. p. 294. 



cuvieri, Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 9, and Icon. 



Gtn. 10, pi. iii. tig. 2 (1865). 



Rostral broader than deep ; frontal at least as broad as long, at 

 least four times as broad as the supraocular, shorter than the 

 parietals ; no praeocular ; one postocular ; diameter of the eye much 

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

 fourth entering the eye ; anterior lower labials in contact behind 

 the symphysial ; two pairs of chin-shields, the posterior usually 

 separated from each other. 13 rows of scales. Ventrals 135-174; 

 anal entire ; subcaudals 21-38. Tail ending in a point. Black above, 

 yellowish beneath ; usually a brown subcaudal line. 



Total length 290 millim. ; tail 43. 



Sumatra, Borneo, Java. 



a. $ (V. 153; C. 21). Sumatra. Dr. Bleeker. (Type.) 



b. <3 (V. 139 ; C. 28). Sinkawang, Borneo. Dr. Bleeker. 



(Type of C. dumerili.) 

 Dr. Bleeker. 



c. c? (V. 135 ; C. 27). Sinkawang, Borneo. 



(Type of C. sinkawangensis.) 



d. <$ (V. 167 ; C. 27). Sinkawang, Borneo. Dr. Bleeker. 



(Type of C. roelandti.) 



e. d (V. 168 ; C. 30). Java. 



f-h. <$ (V. 149,146,143; Salak, Java. R. Kirkpatrick, Esq. 



C. 36, 36, 38). [C.]. 



22. Calamaria leucocepliala. 



Calamaria lumbricoidea, var., Cantor, Cat. Mai. Kept. p. 61 

 (1847). 



leucocephala, Dum. fy Bibr. vii. p. 83 (1854) ; Giinth. 



Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 198 (1864). 



macrurus, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxi. 1860, 



p. 294. 



nigro-alba, Giinth. I. c. pi. xviii. fig. C. 



martapurensis, Edeling, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. ii. 1865, 



p. 203. 



iris, JBoettff. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1873, p. 38, pi. i. 



Rostral much broader than deep ; frontal at least as broad as 

 long, four times as broad as the supraocular, shorter than the 

 parietals ; one prse- and one postocular ; diameter of the eye much 

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

 fourth entering the eye ; anterior lower labials in contact behind 

 the symphysial ; two pairs of chin-shields, the posterior usually in 

 contact anteriorly. 13 rows of scales. Ventrals 136-171 ; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 19-45. Tail ending in a point. Dark brown 

 or black above, uniform yellowish beneath ; a faint brown 

 subcaudal line may be present. 



Total length 450 millim. ; tail 48. 



Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 



