CALAMARIA lg5 



Mus. 2 (1894) 338; Casto de Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipinas 1 

 (1895) 424; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 6 (1911) 262. 



Calamaria lumbricoidea, part., Gunther, Cat. Col. Snakes (1858) 5. 



Calamaria philippinica Steindachneb, Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien 

 17 (1867) 514, pi. 13, figs. 4-6. 



Desc7'ipti07i of species. — (From Boulenger.) "Snout very 

 short and broadly rounded. Rostral nearly as deep as broad, well 

 visible from above; frontal a little longer than broad, sTiorter 

 than the parietals, not t'wice as broad as the supraocular ; one 

 prse- and one postocular ; diameter of the eye less than its distance 

 from the mouth ; five upper labials, the four anterior subequal in 

 size, third and fourth entering the eye; symphysial in contact 

 with the anterior chin-shields; two pairs of chin-shields, in con- 

 tact with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 175-195; 

 anal entire; subcaudals 14—24. Tail ending in a rather obtuse 

 point. Young reddish white, with black rings ; adult uniform 

 blackish above, alternately barred black and white below. 

 Measurements of Calamaria grayi Gunther. 



mm. 



Total length 365 



Snout to vent 330 



Tail 35 



Remarks. — The types were collected in the Philippines by H. 

 Cuming, 1832^1834 ; the exact locality is not knoAvn, and the 

 species has not been rediscovered. 



CALAMARIA BITORQUES Peters 



Calamaria gervaisii, part., Gunther, Cat. Col. ,Snakes (1858) 4. 



Calamaria bitorques Peters, Mon. Berl. Ak. (1872) 585; Boettger, 

 Bar. Senck. Nat. Ges. (1886) 105; Boulenger, Cat. Snakes Brit. 

 Mus. 2 (1894) 338; Casto de Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipinas 1 (1895) 

 424; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § D 6 (1911) 262. 



Description of species. — (From No. 606, Bureau of Science 

 collection ; locality and collector unknown, probably from Lu- 

 zon.) (Adult female.) Head not distinct from body; rostral 

 as wide as deep, broadly visible above; internasals and loreal 

 wanting; prefrontals very large, in contact with 2 labials 

 and rostral, not entering eye; frontal distinctly longer than 

 broad, little less than twice as broad as supraoculars, longer 

 than its distance to end of snout, little shorter than parietals ; 

 latter large, as broad as long ; nostril in a minute nasal ; 1 small 

 preocular ; 1 small postocular touching 2 labials and parietal ; no 

 anterior temporals; a large posterior temporal bordering pa- 

 rietal; 5 upper labials, last very large, first 4 subequal, third 

 and fourth entering eye; mental rather large, in contact with 



