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61. Calasiakia acutihostris, Blgr. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) 



Oalamaria acmtirostris, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 

 1896, p. 894. 



Snout pointed. Eostral small, as deep as broad, just visible from 

 above; frontal pentagonal, as long as broad or slightly longer than 

 broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much 

 shorter than the parietals, four times as broad as the supraocular ; 

 one prse- and one postocular ; the diameter of the eye hardly equals 

 its distance from the mouth; five upper labials, third and fourth 

 eutering the eye ; a pair of large anterior chin-shields, in contact 

 with the symphysial : posterior chin-shields small and separated 

 by a scale. Scales in 13 rows. Veutrals 1-56-179 ( S , 156-172 ; 

 5,164-179); anal entire; subcaudals 14-24 ( J , 20-24; $, 

 14-16). Uniform blackish above, white beneath. 



Total length 250 milliin. ; tail 43. 



12 specimens : Lolca, Bonthain Peak about 3500 feet. Several 

 specimens were nlso obtained in Southern Celebes by Mr. Everett. 



This species connects C'alamaria with Pseudorhahdlum. 



62. Calamaeia nuchalis, Blgr. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) 



Oalamaria nucJiaUs, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. ^NT. H. (6) xviii. 

 1896, p. 62. 



Eostral broader than deep, its upper portion as long as its 

 distance from the frontal ; frontal once and two-rhirds as long as 

 broad, thrice as broad as the supraocular, as long as the parietals ; 

 one prae- and one postocular ; diameter of the eye greater than its 

 distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering the eye ; two pairs of chin-shields in contact with each 

 other, the anterior in contact with the symphysial. Scales in 13 

 rows. Ventrals 135 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 16. Tail ending in 

 an obtuse point. Dark brown above, with small round black spots ; 

 head dark brown above, speckled with black ; nape yellowish, with 

 two large black blotches ; a black lateral streak, running along the 

 second row of scales ; outer row of scales white ; belly white, with 

 a black dot at the outer end of each ventral ; tail with three or 

 four yellow blotches on each side ; subcaudals white, ■with a black 

 line between them in the posterior half of the tail. 



Total length 180 millim. ; tail 15. 



A single male specimen was obtained in Southern Celebes by 

 Mr. Everett. 



63. Calamabia mtjelleri, Blgr. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Oalamaria muelleri, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xvii. 1896, 

 p. 394. 



Eostral large, as deep as broad, the portion visible from above as 

 long as or a little longer than its distance from the frontal ; frontal 

 hexagonal, much longer than broad, much longer than its distance 

 from the end of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the 

 parietals, twice as broad as the supi-aocular ; one prse- and one 



