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Five specimens are in the collection ; two were collected at 

 Balbalin, Kalinga Subprovince, and three are from Los Bafios, 

 Laguna Province. 



The preoculars are normal in all save No. 38, which has two 

 preoculars instead of one on the left side. 



The three adult specimens are dark lavender with a median 

 salmon line and purplish crossbars. The belly is pink. The 

 crossbars are lavender to purple, black-edged. No. 934 has 

 considerable dark marking on the posterior half of belly and 

 under tail. 

 Calamaria polillensis sp. nov. 



Type.— So. 341A, E. H. Taylor collection; collected at Polillo, 

 Polillo Island, July, 1921, by Edward H. Taylor. 



Description of type.-Rostral higher than broad, well visible 

 above, the part visible triangular in shape; prefrontals broader 

 than long, pointed anteriorly, touching two labials laterally; 

 frontal one and three-fourths times as long as broad, at least 

 twice as wide as supraoculars and more than one and three- 

 fourths times as long; parietals longer than wide, only a little 

 longer than frontal; one small scale inserted between parietals 

 at posterior part ; parietals followed by two transversely widened 

 scales, separated by a single scale; nasal triangular, minute s six 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering eye ; a sma 1 elongated 

 preocular; one postocular; one posterior temporal bordering 

 parietal; scales in 13 rows; eye small, rather longer than 

 high, higher than its distance from mouth; ventrals, 131, 



SU crt^^--Above olive, growing f "— Lor' 

 anterior part of body, each scale edged with a dad e r color, 

 head yellowish brown; the supraoculars darker; outer edge of 

 parietals whitish with an indistinct darker marking lab afc 

 yellow save for a very slight edge of brown above the yellow 

 color almost forms a band behind paneta s ; on neck a brown 

 spot, each of the outer scales of those that for* ^ «f J™ 

 a black area; this followed by a yellow ^..^* ™ ^ 

 of two transverse scale ™'.^«^£^£ X 

 each with a black spot; ^^ ° Jw with cream spots; chin, 

 scattered on body; outer scale row ™ tt J^* following 

 throat, and anterior ventrals immaculate ^'^ ^ J 

 ventrals with a few scattered dots w hl ch gm «7 H ne on 

 transverse lines on some ventrals, a zigzag 



