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Show 1897.] REPTTLES AND BATRACHIANS OF CELEBES. 223 61. CALAMARIA ACUTIROSTRIS, Blgr. (Plate XIII. fig. 2.) Calamaria acutirostrls, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. II. (6) xvii. 1806, p. 394. Snout pointed. Bostral small, as deep as broad, just visible from above; frontal pentagonal, as long as broad or slightly longer than broad, as long as its distance from the end of the snout, much shorter than the parietals, four times as broad as the supraocular; one prae- and one postocular ; the diameter of the eye hardly equals its distance from the mouth; five upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; a pair of large anterior chin-shields, in contact with the symphysial: posterior chin-shields small and separated by a scale. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 156-179 ( 6 , 156-172 ; $, 164-179); anal entire; subcaudals 14-24 (6, 20-24; $, 14-16). Uniform blackish above, white beneath. Total length 250 millim.; tail 43. 12 specimens : Loka, Bonthain Peak about 3500 feet. Several specimens were also obtained in Southern Celebes by Mr. Everett. This species connects Calamarla with Pseudorhabdium. 62. CALAMARIA NUCHALIS, Blgr. (Plate XIII. fig. 3.) Calamarla nuchalis, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N. H . (6) xviii. 1896, p. 62. Bostral broader than deep, its upper portion as long as its distance from the frontal; frontal once and two-thirds as long as broad, thrice as broad as the supraocular, as long as the parietals ; one prae- and one postocular; diameter of the eye greater than 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 135; anal entire; subcaudals 16. Tail ending in an obtuse point. Dark brown above, with small round black spots; head dark brow^n above, speckled with black; nape yellowish, with two large black blotches; a black lateral streak, running along the second row of scales ; outer row of scales white ; belly white, wdth a black dot at the outer end of each ventral; tail with three or four yellow blotches on each side ; subcaudals white, with a black line between them in the posterior half of the tail. Total length 180 millim.; tail 15. A single male specimen was obtained in Southern Celebes by Mr. Everett. 63. CALAMARIA MUELLERI, Blgr. (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) Calamarla muelleri, Bouleng. Ann. & Mag. N . H . (6) xvii. 1896, p. 394. Bostral large, as deep as broad, the portion visible from above as long as or a little longer than its distance from the frontal; frontal hexagonal, much longer than broad, much longer than its distance from the end of the snout, as long as or a little shorter than the parietals, twice as broad as the supraocular; one prae- and one |
