1897.] BEPTILBS AN^D B.VTRA.CHIAllfS OF CELEBES. 221 



A young specimen appears to have been referred to C. oxycephalns 

 by Peters and Doria. 



55. Coluber ertthrtjeus, D. & B. 



Two specimens : Kema. 



(lorontalo, Macassar (Me>/er). Manado, Kandari (Bruijv, 

 Beccari). 



This snake also inflates its neck, and, owing to the V- or A- 

 shaped black marking on that region, bears some resemblance to a 

 Cobra. 



56. Dekdrophis pictus, Gm. 



Two specimens : Kema. One specimen : Macassar. 

 Manado, Grorontalo, Macassar (Meyer). 



57. Dendrelaphis tebrificus, Ptrs. 

 Manado, Grorontalo, Minahassa (Meyer). 



58. Oligodon waandersi, Blkr, 



Oligodon tceniurus, F. Miill. Verb. nat. Ges. Basel, x. 1894, 

 p. 826. 



Nasal entire or semidivided ; portion of rostral seen from above 

 as long as or shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture 

 between the internasals as long as or a little longer than that 

 between the prsefrontals ; frontal once and a half as long as broad, 

 longer than its distance fi'om the end of the snout, as long as or a 

 little shorter than the parietals ; loreal small, as deep as long, or 

 absent; one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; seven 

 upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; three or four 

 lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are as 

 long as or longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 

 134-163 ; anal divided (exceptionally entire) ; subcaudals 21-28. 

 Coloration very variable. Orange, brick-red, brown, or black above, 

 with or without small yellow or orange, dark-edged spots, which 

 may be disposed in pairs or form transverse series ; a yellowish 

 collar may be present ; a more or less distinct yellow or reddish 

 vertebral stripe on the posterior part of the body and on the tail ; 

 yellowish white or pinkish beneath, with or without greyish dots 

 or small black spots ; a black lateral stripe usually present, occu- 

 pying the outer ends of the ventrals. 



Total length 355 millim. ; tail 45. 



Bleeker's specimens came from Boni. 11 specimens were 

 obtained by the Drs. Sarasin at Pinogo (Bone valley), Masarang, 

 Tomohon, and Eurukan. I have also examined 4 specimens col- 

 lected by Mr. Everett in Southern Celebes. With this material 

 before me, I cannot hesitate to unite Miiller's 0. tceniurus with 

 0. waandersii. Out of the 17 specimens, 6 lack the loreal shield, 

 and two have the anal entire. The ventrals vary from 134 to 

 151 in males, from 143 to 163 in females ; the subcaudals from 26 

 to 28 in males, from 21 to 25 in females. 



