LIOTYPHLOPS.—GEOPHIS. 87 
1. Liotyphlops albirostris. 
Rhinotyphlops albirostris, Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1857, p. 402. 
Liotyphlops albirostris, Peters, SB. Ges. naturf. Freund. 1881, p. 69; Bocourt, Miss. Se. 
Mex., Rept. p. 501, t. 30. figg. 1, 1 a-c. 
Typhlops (Idiotyphlops) emunctus, Garman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool. Cambr. viii. no. 3, p. 3 (1883). 
Hab. Panama, Veragua. 
ANOMALOLEPIS. 
Anomalepis, Jan, Arch. per la Zool. i. p. 185 (1861). 
1. Anomalolepis mexicanus. 
Anomalepis mexicanus, Jan, Iconogr. i. t. 5 & t. 6. fig. 1; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 503, 
t. 29. figg. 4, 5. 
Hab. Mexico. 
The statement as to the origin of this species requires confirmation. 
Fam. COLUBRIDM AGLYPHA. 
GEOPHIS. 
Geophis, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 342. 
a. Species with the occipital in contact with a labial. 
1. Geophis dolichocephala. 
Colobognathus dolichocephalus, Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Se. Phil. xxii. p. 211 (1872). 
Catostoma dolichocephalum, Cope, Journ. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. viii. p. 147 (1876). 
Hab. Costa Rica, San José (Van Patten). 
Head elongate, conical, scarcely distinct from neck. Anterior frontals very small ; 
supraocular and one postocular present. Six upper labials, the third and fourth 
entering the orbit, the tifth forming a suture with the occipital, the sixth higher than 
long. Scales in thirteen rows, keeled. Ventrals 131; anal entire. Upper parts of 
the body and the entire tail black; a series of large distant red spots on each side, 
which often meet above, forming half-rings: these disappear on the tail and neck. 
Below red; lower lip and chin black. 
I have not seen a specimen of this species. 
2. Geophis chalybea. (Tab. XXXII. fig. B.) 
Catostoma (Geophis) chalybeum, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 194; Peters, MB. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1859, 
p. 275; Giinth: Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1872, ix. p. 16; Bocourt, Miss. Sc. Mex., Rept. p. 530, 
t. 31. figg. 11, 11 a-e. 
