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XXX. — Descriptions of new Oriental Reptiles and 

 Batrachians. By G. A. Boulenuee. 



Draco Walkeri. 



Head small ; snout hardly as long as the diameter of the 

 orbit ; nostrils lateral, directed outwards ; tympanum more or 

 less distinct, much smaller than the eye-opening. Upper 

 head-scales unequal, strongly keeled ; six to eight upper 

 labials. The male's gular appendage small, about half the 

 length of the head ; the appendage merely indicated in the 

 female. Male with a very low nuchal crest. Dorsal scales 

 much larger than ventrals, subequal, mostly with a short, 

 feeble keel. The fore limb stretched forwards extends beyond 

 the tip of the snout ; the hind limb reaches the axil. Grey- 

 brown above ; a dark spot between the eyes and another in 

 the posterior part of the supraocular region ; upper surface of 

 wings spotted with black in the females, brown, blackish in 

 front, in the male ; lower surface of wings with a pair of large 

 black spots in front j belly unspotted. 



rnillim. 



Total length 185 



Head 15 



Width of head 10 



Body 57 



Fore limb 32 



Hind limb 41 



Tail .113 



Four specimens (one male, two females, and one young) 

 were obtained at Koepang, Timor, by Mr. J. J. Walker, and 

 presented by him to the British Museum. 



Calamaria javanica. 



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

 a little longer than broad, shorter than the parietals, thrice as 

 broad as the supraocular ; no prgeocular ; one postocular ; 

 diameter of the eye nearly equal to its distance from the 

 mouth ; four upper labials, second and fourth largest, second 

 and third entering the eye ; mental in contact with the 

 anterior chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields separated from 

 each other. Scales in thirteen rows. Ventrals 181 ; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 17. End of tail obtuse. Dark brown 

 above, each scale with a lighter dot ; a yellowish collar, inter- 



