330 



COLTJBBID*. 



characters : — Frontal a little broader than long, about half as long 

 as the parietals ; supraocular smaller still and confluent with the 

 postocular ; no prseoeular. Uniform iridescent blackish brown. 



Total length 280 millim. ; tail 20. 



Philippine Islands. 



«. ? (V. 152 ; 0. 16). Philippines. H. Cuming-, Esq. [C.j. (Type.) 

 b. 6 (V. 136; C. 23). Negros. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 



121. CALAMAEIA. 



Oalamaria, Boie, in Fernssac, Bull. So. Nat. ix. 1826, p. 236, and Isis, 



1827, p. 519 ; Bum. ^ Bihr. Erp. GAi. vii. p. 60 (1854) ; Oiinth. Cat. 



Col. Sn. p. 3 (1858) ; Jan, Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 4 ; 



Crilnth. Rept.Brit. Ind. p. 195 (1864); Bouleny. Faun. Ind.. Hept. 



p. 281 (1890). 

 Oalamaria, part., Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. p. 25 (1837). 

 Typhlocalamus, G'unth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 595. 



Maxillary teeth 8 to 11, subequal ; anterior mandibular teeth a 

 little longer than the posterior. Head not distinct from neok ; eye 

 small, with round pupil ; nostril pierced in a minute nasal ; no 

 loreal ; no internasals ; prseoeular present or absent ; no temporals, 



Kg. 24. 



Skull of Oalamaria linncBi, 



the parietals in contact with the labials. Body cylindrical ; scales 

 smooth, without apical pits, in 13 rows ; ventrals rounded. Tail 

 short ; subcaudals in two rows. 



From Assam, Burma, and S. China to the Malay Archipelago. 



