350 COIITBRID-aE. 



Rostral as deep as broad, well visible from above; frontal as 

 broad as long, three or four times as broad as the supraocular, 

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

 of the eye less than its distance from the mouth ; four upper labials, 

 second and fourth largest, second and third entering the eye ; sym- 

 physial in contact vpith the anterior chin-shields ; two pairs of chin- 

 sMelds, in contact with each other. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 

 133-142; anal entire; subcaudals 16-24. Tail ending in a point. 

 Black above, each scale lighter in the centre ; lateral scales, ventrals, 

 and subcaudals white, with a black edge. 



Total length 240 mUlim. ; tail 30. 



Borneo and Java. 



a-d. S (V. 134, 133 ; S.E. Borneo. 



0. 24, 24) & ? (V. 

 142,135; C. 16,17). 



32. Calamaria lovii. (Plate XX. fig. 2.) 



Oalamaria lovii, Boideng. Ann. ^ Mag. N. S. (5) xix. 1887, p. 196, 

 fig. 



Eostral nearly as deep as broad, visible from above ; frontal as 

 broad as long, shorter than the parietals, thrice as broad as the 

 supraocular ; no prseocular ; one postocular; diameter of the eye about 

 half its distance from the mouth ; four upper labials, third entering 

 the eye ; symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; 

 both pairs of chin-shields in contact with each other. Scales in 13 

 rows. Yentrals 211-225 ; anal entire ; subcaudals 15-22. Tail 

 ending obtusely. Plumbeous or dark brown above, with longitu- 

 dinal lines of light dots ; upper lip yellowish ; anterior fourth of 

 the body with a lateral series of large yellowish spots ; a few other 

 such spots on the tail. 



Total length 265 miUim. ; tail 22. 



Borneo. 



A. BeUy uniform blackish, plumbeous ; a yeUow 

 cross bar above the vent. 



a. c? (V. 211 ; 0. 22). Rejang E., Sarawak. Brooke Low, Esq. [P.]. 



(Type.) 



B. BeUy blotched, dark brown and yeUow. 



b. 5 (V. 226 ; 0. 15). Niah R,, Sarawak. C. Hose, Esq. [0.]. 



33. Calamaria gracillima. 



Calamaria gracillima, GUnth. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 594, pi. xxxix. 



fig. A. 

 Typmocalamus gracUlimus, Gunth. I. c. p. 589. 



Rostral as deep as broad, visible from above ; frontal a little 



