121. OAIAMABIA. 339 



than broad, shorter than the parietals, about twice as broad as the 

 supraocular ; one prsB- 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 152-178 ; 

 anal entire ; eubcaudals 12-18. Tail ending in an obtuse point. 

 Brown or blackish above, with or without darker or lighter spots 

 and streaks ; a black spot at the outer extremity of each ventral 

 shield, and a blackish line along the lower surface of the tail. 



Total length 255 millim. ; taU 20. 



Philippine Islands. 



A. Brown above, with three light dorsal streaks or series of spots 



bordered by series of black dots; beUy uniform yellowish or 

 with a few scattered black dots. 



o, b. ? (V. 167 ; 0. 13) & PhiKppines. H. Cuming, Esq. [C.]. 



yg. (V. 170;; C. 17). 



c. ? (V. 171 ; 0. 12). Luzon. Dr. A. B. Meyer [0.]. 



B. Brown, above, with four more or less distinct blackish longi- 



tudinal lines ; ventrals dotted with brown anteriorly. 



d, e. S (V. 162 ; 0. 18) & Philippines. H. Ouming, Esq. [C.]. 

 ? (V. 178; 0.12). 



f. tJ (V. 163; 0. 17). Philippines. Hr. Salmin [C.]. 



C. Blackish brown above, with minute whitish dots ; ventrals black 



anteriorly. 



g. ? (V. 169 ; 0. 14). S. Negros. A. Everett, Esq. [0.]. 



12. Calamaria sumatrana. 



Calamaria sumatrana, Edding, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xxxi. 

 1870, p. 379 ; Boulmg. Proc. Zool. 8oc. 1890, p. 34 ; W. L. Sclater, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. Ix. 1891, p. 233. 



Eostral a little broader than deep ; frontal longer than broad, a 

 little shorter than the parietals, rather more than twice as broad as 

 the supraocular ; one prsB- and one postocular ; the diameter of the 

 eye equals its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, third 

 and fourth entering the eye ; two pairs of chin-shields in contact 

 with each other, the anterior in contact with the symphysial. Scales 

 in 13 rows. Ventrals 129-176 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 12-31 *. 

 Tail ending in a point. Eeddish brown or dark brown above, 

 with five black longitudinal lines or series of small black spots ; 

 each scale of the outer row with a white spot; a more or less 

 distinct yellow collar on the nape, continuous or narrowly inter- 

 rupted in the middle ; sometimes a similar marking at the base 

 of the tail; lower parts uniform yellowish, with a more or less 

 distinct black line along the middle of the tail. 



* Tke male apecimen from Singapore in the Calcutta Museum has 129 

 ventrals and 31 subcaudals. 



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