224 MB. 6, A. BOrLENGER OX THE [Feb. 2, 



postocular ; diameter of the eye exceeding its distance from the 

 mouth; five upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; 

 anterior chin-shields in contact with the symphysial; posterior 

 chin-shields shorter and in contact with each other. Scales in 13 

 rows. Ventrals 130-187 ( d , 130-164 ; $ , 161-1S7) ; anal entire ; 

 subcaudals 11-21 (d, 16-21; ?, 11-14). Tail ending in a 

 point. Coloration very variable. Dark brown above, uniform or 

 spotted with black, or reddish brown, or brick-red, the scales 

 speckled and edged with, black ; a black streak on each side of the 

 head, passing through the eye ; upper lip white ; white beneath, 

 the ventrals edged or spotted with black, or edged with vermilion, 

 or with a lateral series of black spots ; a black or red band between 

 two white ones along the lower surface of the tail. 



Total length 235 miUim. ; tail 20. 



12 specimens : Loka, Bonthain Peak, 3500 feet ; 1 sjjecimeu : 

 Luhu, C. Celebes ; 2 specimens : between Posso Lake and Tomini 

 Gulf. Several specimens were collected in Southern Celebes by 

 Mr. Everett. 



The specimens from Macassar referred by A. B. Meyer to 

 C. gervaisii will probably be found to belong to C muelleri. 



64. Calamaria cubta, Blgr. (Plate XIV, fig. 2.) 



Calamaria enrta, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xviii. 1896, 

 p. 62. 



Eostral small, nearly as deep as broad, its upper portion hardly 

 half as long as its distance from the frontal; frontal once and 

 two-thirds as long as broad, twice as broad as the supraocular, 

 much shorter than 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 ; U\o pairs of 

 chin-shields in contact with each other, the anterior in contact 

 with the symphysial. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 154; anal 

 entire ; subcaudals 14. Tail ending in a point. Olive-brown 

 above, each scale with a black basal spot ; head uniform ; two 

 outer rows of scales white, black at the base ; ventrals black at 

 the base, white on the border ; subcaudals white. 



Total length 315 milHm. ; tail 15. 



A single specimen ( $ ) from Southern Celebes, 2000 feet, 

 collected by Mr. Everett. 



65. Calamaeia geacilis, Blgr. (Plate XIV. fig. 3.) 

 Calamaria gracilis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H. (6) xviii. 1896, 



p. 63. 



Eostral a little broader than deep, its upper portion about half 

 as long as its distance from the frontal ; frontal once and a half 

 as long as broad, twice as broad as the supraocular, much shorter 

 than the parietals ; one prae- and one postocular ; diameter of the 

 eye equal to its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, 

 third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of chin-shields 



