121. CAIAMAEIA. 333 



Symphysial in contact with tlie chin- 

 shields ; tail pointed 31. melanofa, p. 349. 



C. Tour upper labials, third entering 



the eye 32. lovii, p. 350. 



II. Yentrals 300-320 ; no distinct post- 

 ocular 33. gnwillima, p. 350. 



1. Calamaria lumljricoidela. 



Calamaria lumhriooidea, Soie, Isis, 1827, p. 540 ; Schleg. Phys. Serp. ii. 



p. -27, pl.i. figs. 14-16 (1837) ; Bum. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 89 (1854) ; Jan, 



Arch. Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and Icon. G6n. 10, pi. ii. 



fig. 2 (1865) ; V. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd. Mus. xii. 1890, p. 254, 



lumbricoidea, part., Qiinih. Cat. p. 6 (1868). 



variabilis, v. Lidth de Jeude, in M. Weber, Zool. Ergehn. 



p. 183, pL xvi. fig. 8 (1890). 



Eostral broader than deep, well visible from above ; frontal longer 

 than broad, slightly shorter than the parietals, not twice 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 ; both pairs of 

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

 177-217; anal entire ; suboaudals 16-23. Tail ending in a point. 

 Dark brown above, whitish interiorly ; lower surface of the tail with 

 a dark brown longitudinal streai. 



Total length 420 millim. ; tail 35. 



Java ; Celebes. 



A. Head uniform dark brown above. 

 a. (S ("V. 191 ; 0. 22). Java. Leyden Museum. 



B. A yellowish band across the parietal shields. 

 h. S (V. 177 ; 0. 19). Java. 



2. Calamaria vermiformis. 



Calamaria vermiformis, Dwm. ^ Bibr. vii. p. 85 (1854) ; Jan, Arch. 



Zool. Anat. Phys. ii. 1862, p. 8, and Icon. Qin. 10, pi, ii. fig 3 



(1865). 



temminckii. Bum. S/- Bibr. t. c. p. 87 ; OUnth. Cat. p. 5 (1858). 



schlegelii (non B. 4- B.), GUnth. I. c. 



dimidiata, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxi. 1860, p. 295. 



melanorhynchus, Bleek. I. c. 



alkeni, Bleek. I. c. 



flaviceps, GUnth. Ann. §• Mag. N. H. (3) xv. 1865, p. 90. 



vermiformis, var. sumatranus, v. Lidth de Jeude, Notes Leyd 



Mus. xii. 1890, p. 18. 



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

 longer than broad, not twice as broad as the supraocular, shorter 

 than the parietals ; a prse- and a postocular ; diameter of the eye 



