sTEJNEGER] NEW CALA.MARINE SNAKE FROM THE PHILIPPINES 3 1 



Remarks. — This species is apparently most closely allied to Cala- 

 viaria everetti and the C. pavimcntata group, but differs from the 

 latter in the number of supralabials and from both in the much 

 smaller eyes. The large number of ventrals distinguishes it at 

 once not only from these Calamarians but from all the other species 

 known from the Philippines, and in fact from most of the species of 

 the genus. C. gracillima, from Borneo, exceeds it in having 300 and 

 more ventrals, but it lacks preocular and has no distinct postocular. 

 C. collaris, from Celebes, has from 232 to 265 ventrals, but has a 

 much larger eye and a very different style of coloration. In the 

 latter respect C. mearnsi agrees essentially with the C. pavimentata 

 group. 



