524: MB. G. A. BOULEXGEE OX >'EW [June 6, 



SlMOTES AXXrLIFER. 



Nasal divided ; ])ortion of rostral seen from above slightly- 

 shorter than its distance from the frontal .: suture between 

 the internasals slightly shorter than that between the prap- 

 frontals ; frontal as broad as long, longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; a small loreal ; 

 one prse- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; seven upper 

 labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in 

 contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the 

 posterior. Scales in 15 rows. A^entrals 153; anal entire; sub- 

 caudals 49. Brown above, v,ith 26 black annuli on the back, 

 enclosing large oval yellowish-brown spots ; sides black-spotted, 

 with vertical and oblique yellowish lines ; head yellowish brown 

 above, with a dark brown transverse bar across the forehead, 

 ]jassing through the eye, a large J^-sliaped marking from the 

 frontal shield to the nape, and an oblique bar on the temple ; 

 labials, chin, and throat black-spotted ; lower parts white, with a 

 scries of small black spots on each side. 



Total length 100 millim. ; tail TjO. 



A single young specimen from North Borneo (Everett). 



Oligodon eyeeetti. 



Nasal divided ; portion of rostral seen from abo\e slightly 

 shorter than its distance from the frontal ; suture between the 

 internasals shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal 

 longer than its distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter 

 than the parietals ; loreal very small, longer than deep ; one prae- 

 and two postoculars; temporals l-|-2; seven upper kbials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with 

 the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. 

 Scales in 15 rows. Yentrals 154; anal entire; subcaudals 46. 

 Slaty grey above, with three blackish-brown stripes, the middle 

 one three scales wide and enclosing a series of small yellowish- 

 brown rhomboidal spots ; head brown above, with two chevron- 

 shaped black bands, the anterior passing through the eyes, the 

 posterior «ith the point on the frontal shield ; uniform coral-red 

 beneath, the outer ends of the ventral shields black. 



Total length 370 millim. ; tail 70. 



A single female specimen from Mt. Kina Balu (Everett). 



CaLAMAEIA BALrEXSIS. 



Eostral a little broader than deep, visible from above ; frontal 

 nearly t\\ ice as long as broad, not twice as broad as the supra- 

 ocular, as long as the parietals ; eye rather large, its diameter 

 much greater than its distance from the mouth ; one prte- and 

 one postocular ; five upper labials, third and fourth entering the 

 eye ; symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; both 

 pairs of chin-shields in contact with each other. 13 rows of 

 sjales. Yentrals 175; anal entire; subcaudals 28. Tail ending 



