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ferent. From C. joloensis it differs in a higher number of 

 ventrals and subcaudals, in color, and in markings. 



The species is named for Mr. Guy Holland, who facilitated 

 my collecting on Basilan Island, and to whom I am indebted 

 for numerous courtesies. 

 Boiga schultzei sp. nov. Plate 3, fig. 3. 



Type. — Unnumbered specimen in the collection of W. Schultze, 

 Manila; collected in Palawan by C. M. Weber. 



Description of type. — Rostral visible above as a narrow line, 

 one and one-fourth times as wide as high; internasals about as 

 broad as long; prefrontals very much broader than long, bent 

 down over side of snout, the suture between them one and one- 

 half times as long as that between internasals; frontal a little 

 longer than broad, equal in length to its distance from rostral; 

 parietals a little broader than long, followed by a single 

 enlarged median scale ; supraoculars a little longer than frontal, 

 but narrower ; nostril very large, pierced in a single large nasal ; 

 loreal small, distinct, longer than high; preocular three times 

 as high as wide; two postoculars; two anterior temporals fol- 

 lowed by three posterior; seven upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering eye, third much elongate, fifth highest; mental trian- 

 gular, as wide as rostral; ten lower labials, first five touching 

 first pair of chin shields ; first pair of chin shields broader but 

 shorter than second pair; six rows of scales between posterior 

 lower labials and ventrals; eye large, its diameter equal to its 

 distance to end of snout; ventrals, 265; subcaudals, 140; anal, 

 single; scales in 19 rows. 



Color in alcohol—Grayish, the entire upper and lower sur- 

 face strongly powdered with very small black dots; body trav- 

 ersed with seventy-six darker blotches, each blotch with an 

 indistinct darker transverse bar, the interspaces rather yellow- 

 ish ; bars do not extend on belly ; bars on tail very indistinct ; 

 two well-defined dark lines on sides of belly; throat and chin 

 cream; no dark line behind eye; head with minute black dots; 

 low on sides is an inconspicuous row of yellowish cream spots. 

 Measurements of the type of Boiga schultzei sp. nov. 



