248 ZOOLOGISCHE MEDEDEELINGEN — DEEL VI. 



Ventrals 169, anal entire, subcaudals 23/23, tail ending in a point. 



Upper parts dark brown, on the anterior part of the body the 



scales of the 2 outer rows are of a light colour, farther on only 



the scales of the outer row light coloured with a dark spot, these 



spots are very large on the posterior part of the body, so that 



the light colour has nearly disappeared. Lower part whitish with 



dark crossbands, which are also to be seen on the tail. 



A specimen from Tanangtalu (Ophir districts), Padang Highlands. 



Ventrals 165, anal undivided, subcaudals 24/24, tail ending in a point. 



Upper parts greyish-brown. The scales of the outer rows especially those 



on the fore part of the body of a light colour. Under parts whitish with 



dark crossbands, and a longitudinal dark band on the tail. 



A specimen from Jukamenanti (Ophir districts), Padang Highlands, 

 (200 M.) Y, 1917. 



Ventrals 195, anal entire, subcaudals 18/18, tail ending in a point. 

 Upper parts dark brown, the scales of the 2 outer rows, from the head 

 till the anus, of a light colour. Under parts whitish with dark cross- 

 bands, also on the tail. 



A young specimen from Fort van de Capelle, Padang Highlands, 

 Groeneveldt leg. 



Yentrals 174, anal entire, subcaudals 26/26, tail ending in a point. 

 Upper parts brown with light annuli; head light coloured, except the 

 rostral and the adjacent parts of the praefrontals. Lower parts light 

 coloured with dark crossbands, these crossbands also on the tail. This 

 specimen shows much resemblance with Jan's figure in the Iconographie 

 générale livr. 10, pi. II, fig. 3. 



23. Calamaria crassa nov. spec. 



A single specimen from the Gunuug Talamau (1300 M.) (Ophir dis- 

 tricts), Padang Highlands, YI, 1917. 



Yentrals 145, anal entire, subcaudals 27/27, tail ending in a point. 

 Yery stout, the length of the body 46 cm. of which 4,5 on the tail, 

 the diameter measuring 13 mm. Five upper labials the 3^d and 4th ente- 

 ring the eye. Frontal more long than broad, twice as broad as the supra- 

 ocular, shorter than the parietals. Rostral more broad then deep. Mental 

 in contact with the anterior chinshields which are longer than the pos- 

 terior ones. No azygos shield between the anterior and the posterior 

 chinshields. Three lower labials in contact with the anterior chinshields. 

 One prae- and one postocular. Diameter of the eye longer than its dis- 

 tance from the mouth. 



Dark brown above; lower part of head and neck yellow, this yellow 



