1897.] BEPTILES AKD BATKACHIAIfS OF CELEBES. 225 



in contact with each other, the anterior in contact with the 

 symphysial. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 211-235 (c?, 216; 

 $ , 211-235) ; anal entire ; subcaudals 10-13 ( cJ , 13 ; $ , 10-11). 

 Tail rounded at the end. Grey-brown above, with small black 

 spots ; outer row ot scales white, black at the base ; ventrals 

 white, black on the outer edge, with a continuous or interrupted 

 median series o£ small black spots. 



Total length 320 millim. ; tail 8, 



Three specimens were collected by Mr. Everett : one in Southern 

 Celebes, at an altitude of 2000 feet, and two on Bonthain Peak, 

 6000 feet. 



The specimen from Celebes, referred by Schlegel to 0. lumhri- 

 coidea, may prove to belong to the present species. 



66. Calamaria collaeis, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Rostral small, broader than deep, just visible from above ; frontal 

 once and one-third to once and a half as long as broad, twice or 

 twice and a half as broad as the supraocular, much shorter than 

 the pariefcals ; one prse- and one postocular ; diameter of eye equal 

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

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

 each other; first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind 

 the symphysial. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 232-265 ( S , 243 ; 

 5, 232-265); anal entire; subcaudals 10-30 {S, 30; $, 

 10-17). Tail very obtuse. Dark grey-brown above, with black 

 dots or small spots ; scales of outer row whitish in the centre ; a 

 yellowish collar behind the parietals, most distinct in the young ; 

 yellowish white beneath, spotted or edged with dark brown, or 

 with a median series of dark brown spots. 



Total length 380 millim. ; tail 10. 



Nine specimens : Bone Mts., Tomohon, Eurukan. 



These specimens were referred by E. Muller to 0. virgulata, 

 from which they differ in the much more slender body. 



67. Calamaeia viEGUiiATA, Boie. 



A single specimen : Lake Posso. 

 Manado {Meyer). 



68. Calamaeia ixssmi, Boie. 

 Manado {Meyer). 



HoMALOPSINjE. 



69. HrpsiEHiifA PLTJMBEA, Boie. 



Two specimens : Kema. 



Macassar {Meyer). Kandari, Macassar {Beccari). Tempe 

 ( Weber). 



70. Hypsiehika matannensis, sp. n. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) 



Rostral broader than deep ; internasal divided ; frontal broader 

 than the supraocular, twice as long as broad, longer than its 

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