CALAMARIA 191 



other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 193 ; anal entire ; sub- 

 caudals 15. Brown above, with longitudinal series of black 

 dots ; a yellow spot on each side of the neck ; a white spot on 

 each scale of the outer row ; upper lip and lower parts yellowish ; 

 a black spot at the outer end of each ventral ; a black line along 

 the middle of the tail." 



Measurements of Calamaria mindorensis Boidenger. 



mm. 



Total length 240 



Snout to vent 227 



Tail 13 



Remarka. — The type of this species, an adult female, was 

 collected in Mindoro by A. Everett. Only the type appears 

 to have been discovered. 



The new species of Calamafia herein described, Calamaria tro- 

 pica, is from Mindoro but differs from C. mindorensis in the 

 presence of a loreal, and a dark brown neck band followed by a 

 yellow band; a difference of 45 ventrals is also evident. 



CALAMARIA EVERETTI Boulenger 



Plate 24, figs. .5 to 9 



Calamaria everetfi Boulenger, Pioc. Zool. Soc. London (1893) 525; 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. VI 14 (1894) 84; Cat. Snakes Brit. Mus. 

 2 (1894) 340, pi. 18, figs. 1, 2; Griffin, Philip. Journ. Sci. § A 4 

 (1909) 599; § D 6 (1911) 26'2. 



Description of species. — (From No. 565, Bureau of Science 

 collection; collected at Iwahig, Palawan, March, 1909, by C. 

 M.Weber.) (Adult male.) Rostral distinctly broader than high, 

 rather narrowly visible from above; internasals wanting; pre- 

 frontals large, bordering labials laterally; fron- 

 tal one and a half times as long as broad, slightly 

 shorter than parietals, less than twice as broad 

 as supraocular ; latter much shorter than frontal ; 

 parietals elongate, broader than long; nostril ^'','!„^,.^.',(,; BoXngeV' 

 pierced in nasal, small; no loreal present; an after Boulenger; 



1 , 11 ..(..,., n head, lateral view. 



elongate preocular, broader mieriorly; 1 small, 

 distinct preocular; no anterior temporals; a large posterior 

 temporal bordering parietal; 5 upper labials, third and fourth 

 entering eye, fifth very large; 5 lower labials, first pair meeting 

 behind mental, 3 touching anterior chin shields ; latter followed 

 by a second, smaller, pair of chin shields, in contact with each 

 other; scales in 13 rows, smooth; ventrals, 177; anal single; 



