648 ADDBHDA AND COEKleENDA, 



shorter than the parietals ; one prse- and one postocular ; diameter 

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

 third and fourth entering the eye, fourth smallest ; first lower labial 

 in contact with its feUow behind the symphysial ; two pairs of 

 chin-shields in contact with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ven- 

 trals 201-210 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 9. Dark grey-brown above, 

 with six black longitudinal lines, which disappear on the anterior 

 half of the body ; two outer rows of scales black and white ; a 

 narrow yeUow cross-band on the nape ; head black above, with a 

 small yellow spot on each praef rental and parietal shield ; upper 

 lip white ; lower parts white, with a black spot at the outer end of 

 each ventral shield ; a black line along the middle of the tail. 



Total length 275 miUim. ; tail 8. 



North Borneo. 



a. 5 (V. 201 ; C. 9), Kina Balu. A. Everett, Esq. [C.]. (Type.) 



ji^dd : P^S® ^'^'^- Calamaria borneensis. 



d. S (V. 152 ; C. 22). Sarawak. Eajah Brooke [P.]. 



Add : ^^g® 3^0. Calamaria melanota. 



e. Yg. (V. 182 ; C. 16). Tandjong, S.E. Borneo. 



Add : ^age 355. Dasypeltis scabra. 



Dasypeltis scabra, var. fasciolata, Peters, Mon. Berl. Ac. 1868, 

 p. 461. 



fasciolata, Boettg. Ber. Offenb. Ver. Nat. 1885, p. 14. 



scabra, Bocage, Rerp. Angola, p. 106 (1895). 



B. 



o. cJ (So. 23 ; V. 229 ; Freetown, Sierra R. Dinzey, Esq. [P.], 



C. 88). Leone. 



p. Yg. (Sc.23 ; V. 203 ; Uganda. F. J. Jackson, Esq. 



C. 54). [P.]. 



t. 6 (Sc. 23 ; V. 224 ; Lower Congo. Eev. G. Pinnock [C.]. 



C. 64), 



