The Philippine Journal of Science 

 Measurements of the type of i 



Snout to vent 162 



Tail 18 



Width of head 4.5 



Length of head 0.8 



Variation. — The four cotypes are females and differ from 

 the type in a higher average of ventrals (145 to 149) and a 

 lower average of subcaudals (16 or 17). The females have 

 the ventrals, beginning at the twelfth, each with a dark bar. 

 The body is more strongly marked with blackish dots than in 

 the type. These dots are not arranged in longitudinal lines. 

 There is a suggestion of a third neck band on some of the 

 specimens. The scale counts of the four cotypes. are: No. 341B, 

 ventrals, 149; subcaudals, 16; No. 341C, ventrals, 145; sub- 

 caudals, 17 ; No. 341D, ventrals, 145 ; subcaudals, 16 ; No. 341E, 

 ventrals, 145; subcaudals, 16. 



Remarks.— This species is related to Calamaria hollandi sp. 

 nov. and to C. gervaisii Dumeril and Bibron. From the former 

 it differs in the shape of the rostral, in the presence of dark 

 bars on the ventrals, and in the color and markings on the 

 head; the counts of ventrals and subcaudals are nearly the 

 same, there being only three less ventrals and two more 

 subcaudals. 



From Calamaria gervaisii it differs in lower ventral and sub- 

 caudal counts, in the presence of the neck ring, and in the 

 different color and markings. From C. tropica it differs in the 

 absence of the loreal scale. 



The specimens were collected under rubbish in the Old Cath- 

 olic Church within the walled town of Polillo. The church, 

 which has suffered from earthquake, has a dirt floor. Aside 

 from the Calamaria, I collected in this church three species of 

 amphibia; five other species of snakes; eight species of birds; 

 and four mammals, one of which was a wildcat, Viverra tang- 

 alang Gray. The church is still used as a place of worship. 



Type.— No 1255, E. H. Taylor collection; collected at Port 

 Holland, Basilan, October, 1920, by E. H. Taylor. 



Description of type.— Rostral about as broad as high, only a 

 small portion visible above; prefrontals a little broader than 

 long; frontal one and a half times as long as broad, about 



