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Show 1897.] REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF CELEBES. 225 in contact with each other, the anterior in contact with symphysial. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 211-235 (c3", 216; $ , 211-235) ; anal entire; subcaudals 10-13 ( cS , 13 ; $ , 10-11). Tail rounded at the end. Grey-brown above, with small black spots; outer row of scales white, black at the base; ventrals white, black on the outer edge, with a continuous or interrupted median series of small black spots. Total length 320 millim.; tail 8. Three specimens were collected by Mr. Everett: one in Southern Celebes, at an altitude of 2000 feet, and two on Bonthain Peak, 6000 feet. The specimen from Celebes, referred by Schlegel to C. lumbrl-coldea, may prove to belong to the present species. 66. CALAMARIA COLLARIS, sp. n. (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) Bostral small, broader than deep, just visible from above; frontal once and one-third to once and a half as long as broad, twice or twice and a half as broad as the supraocular, much shorter than the parietals ; one prae- and one postocular ; diameter of eye equal to its distance from the mouth ; five upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; two pairs of chin-shields in contact wdth each other; first lower labial in contact with its fellow behind the symphysial. Scales in 13 rows. Ventrals 232-265 ( <S, 243 ; $, 232-265); anal entire; subcaudals 10-30 (<S, 30; $, 10-17). Tail very obtuse. Dark grey-brown above, wdth black dots or small spots ; scales of outer row whitish in the centre; a yellowish collar behind the parietals, most distinct in the young ; yellowish white beneath, spotted or edged with dark brown, or with a median series of dark brown spots. Total length 380 millim.; tail 10. Nine specimens : Bone Mts., Tomohon, Burukan. These specimens were referred by F. Midler to C. vlrgulata, from which they differ in the much more slender body. 67. CALAMARIA VLRGULATA, Boie. A single specimen: Lake Posso. Manado (Meyer). 68. CALAMARIA LiNNcEi, Boie. Manado (Meyer). HOMALOPSINcE. 69. HYPSIRHINA PLUMBEA, Boie. Two specimens : Kema. Macassar (Meyer). Kandari, Macassar (Beccarl). Tempe ( Weber). 70. HYPSIRHINA MATANNENSIS, sp. n. (Plate XV. fig. 1.) Bostral broader than deep ; internasal divided ; frontal broader than the supraocular, twice as long as broad, longer than its PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1897, No. XV. 15 |