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Show 524 MR. G. A. BOULENGER O N N E W [June 6, SlMOTES ANNULIPER. Nasal divided; portion of rostral seen from above slightly shorter than its distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals slightly shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal as broad as long, longer than its distance from the end of the snout, shorter than the parietals ; a small loreal • one prae- and two postoculars ; temporals 1 + 2; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 153; anal entire; subcaudals 49. Brown above, with 26 black annuli on the back, enclosing large oval yellowish-brown spots ; sides black-spotted, with vertical and oblique yellowish lines; head yellowish brown above, with a dark brown transverse bar across the forehead, passing through the eye, a large J^-shaped marking from the frontal shield to the nape, and an oblique bar on the temple; labials, chin, and throat black-spotted; lower parts white, with a series of small black spots on each side. Total length 160 millim.; tail 30. A single young specimen from North Borneo (Everett). OLIGODON EVERETTI. Nasal divided; portion of rostral seen from above slightly shorter than its distance from the frontal; suture between the internasals shorter than that between the prefrontals ; frontal longer than its distance from the end of the snout, slightly shorter than the parietals ; loreal very small, longer than deep ; one pra> and two postoculars; temporals 1 + 2; seven upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; four lower labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are longer than the posterior. Scales in 15 rows. Ventrals 154; anal entire ; subcaudals 46. Slaty grey above, with three blackish-brown stripes, the middle one three scales wide and enclosing a series of small yellowish-brown rhomboidal spots ; head brown above, with two chevron-shaped black bands, the anterior passing through the eyes, the posterior with the point on the frontal shield ; uniform coral-red beneath, the outer ends of the ventral shields black. Total length 370 millim.; tail 70. A single female specimen from Mt. Kina Balu (Everett). CALAMARIA BALUENSIS. Rostral a little broader than deep, visible from above; frontal nearly twice as long as broad, not twice as broad as the supraocular, as long as the parietals ; eye rather large, its diameter much greater than its distance from the mouth; one prse- and one postocular; five upper labials, third and fourth entering the eye ; symphysial in contact with the anterior chin-shields ; both pairs of cbin-shields in contact with each other. 13 rows of scales. Ventrals 175; anal entire; subcaudals 28. Tail ending |