121. CALAMAEIA. 335 



c, d. 2 (V. 20o, 177 ; Java. 



0. 15, 19). 

 e. (cJ V. 159 ; 0. 22). Padang, Sumatra. 



F. Blackish brown above and below ; labial and gular regions and 

 a lateral streak running along the two outer rows of scales 

 yellowish. 



a. $ (V. 179; C. 17). Deli, Sumatra. Hr. Hartert [C.]; Fischer 



Collection. 



3. Calamaria stahlknechtii. 



Calamaria stahlkneohti, Stoliczka, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. xlii. 1873, 

 p. 119, pi. xi. fig. 2; Boulmg. Ann. % Mag. N. H. (5) xvi. 1885, 

 p. 388. 



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 

 exceeding its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; symphysial in contact with the anterior 

 chin-shields ; posterior chin-shields separated from each other. 

 Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 147-163; aual entire; subcaudals 

 22-23. Tail ending in a point. Uniform brown or olive above ; 

 yellowish (red) inferiorly, with or without more or less distinct 

 black transverse spots or cross bands. 



Total length 265 millim. ; tail 24. 



Sumatra and Mas. 



a-c. 6 (V. 117, 148, 150; C. 23, Nias. Ilr. Suadermann \0.\ 



22,22). 



4. Calamaria baluensis. (Plate XVII. fig. 1.) 

 Calamaria baluensis, Boideng. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 524. 



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

 nearly twice as long as broad, not twice as broad as the supra- 

 ocular, as long as the parietals ; eye rather large, its diameter 

 much greater than its distance from the mouth ; one prse- and one 

 postocular ; five upper labials, 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. Ven- 

 trals 175 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 28. Tail ending in a point. 

 Brown above, with smaU black spots ; an interrupted black streak 

 along each side of the head and neck, passing through the eye : 

 upper lip and lower parts white; belly with three longitudinal 

 series of small black spots ; a black line along the lower surface of 

 the tail. 



Total length 340 millim. ; tail 33. 



North Borneo. 



a. S (V. 175 ; C. 28). Bit. Kina Baloo. A. Everett, Esq. fC 1 



(Type.) 



