430 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1893. 



There is also a yellowish tinge on the eleventh and twelfth rows, 

 giving the appearance of a broken line of that color. A dark patch on 

 the frontal and parietals and a line from the nostril to side of the neck. 



(e) From Banes, Cuba, 27 rows of scales, four exterior smooth, 

 ventrals, 194; subcaudals, 24. Total length, 736 mm. (tail 51). 



This specimen is peculiar in coloring, being a bright orange yellow 

 on the whole upper surface, slightly paler on the sides and beneath. 

 There is an occasional indication of the dark dorsal and lateral dots. 

 In all these specimens the frontal plate is nearly twice as long as broad 

 and the parietals are separated by one large and one small scale. 



Epicrates cupreus Fisch. 



One specimen from Venezuela (O'Reilly, coll.), 51 rows of scales, 

 ventrals, 236; subcaudals, 54; 13 superior and 15 inferior labials, 

 the sixth and seventh labials entering the orbit. Total length, 1,247 

 mm. (tail 133). 



Color, uniform copper above, with a rich, plum colored bloom. 

 Faintly indicated darker mottling on the back and sides. Beneath, 

 white with a spot of the body color on the base of each scutum near the 

 end. 



For purposes of comparison, the scutellation of a small E. angu- 

 lifer, from Cuba, is given: — Total length, 635 mm. (tail 63), 63 

 rows of scales ; ventrals, 274; subcaudals, 50 ; 13 superior labials, 

 not touching orbit; 16 lower labials. 



Xiphosoma hortulana (Linn). 



(a) From Trinidad (O'Reilly, coll.), 43 rows of scales; 2 loreals; 

 13 superior labials, of which eight are pitted; 16 lower labials, 

 eight pitted; 8 to 12 scales across top of head between orbits; ven- 

 trals, 264; subcaudals, 112. Total length, 1,096 mm. (tail 241). 



Color, black with a series of white rings, somewhat alternating on 

 opposite sides of the body, many of them open below and prolonged 

 downward to the ventrals, in the form of two white bars. 



(b) From Trinidad or Guiana (O'Reilly, coll.) 41 rows of 

 scales; 2 loreals; 12 superior labials, 8 pitted; 14 lower labials, 6 

 pitted; 10 to 12 scales between orbits; ventrals, 253; subcaudals, 

 95. Total length, 1,012 mm. (tail 203). 



Color reddish brown ; lateral blotches yellowish brown, not form- 



