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one and one-third to two ; the lateral and superior surfaces of the proboscis 

 are verrucose. The head is very much attenuated. A dark brown band passes 

 through the eye, and there is a diamond shaped blotch with a posterior elonga- 

 tion, on the top of the head. 



DRYOPHIDINJE. 

 Langaha Bruguiere. Type L. n a s u t a . 

 Journ. Phys. 132, .1784. Xiphorh.ynch.ua Wagl., 1830. Xiphorina Fitz., 1843. 



169. L. nasuta Shaw, 1190. L. Madagascariensis Latr., 1801. L.ensifera 

 Dum. Bibr., 1854. Dryophis langaha Schleg., 1837. 



One sp. Madagascar, Gard. Plants in ex 



Dryophis Fitzinger. Type D. f u 1 g i d a . 



Neue Classification, 1826, p. 66 et auctorum. Oxybelis Dum. Bibr. 1854. 



a. Scales smooth : Oxybelis Wagl., 1830. 



170. D. argenteus Schleg. 



One sp. Cayenne, Mr. Amory Edwards. 



171. D. acuminatus Gthr. Coluber acuminatus Wied, 1822. Dryinus 

 aeneus Wagl., 1824. Dryiophis auratus Schleg., 1837. 



One sp. Brazil, Dr. McMurtrie. 



One sp. Veraguas, New Grenada, Mr. R. W. Mitchell. 



One sp. Panama, Drs.Gallaer&Le Conte. 



Two sp. S. America, Mr. Cuming in ex. 



Two sp. " ? 



It is this species of Dryophis to which Prof. Baird alludes (Proc. Acad., 1859, 

 300) as having been obtained so far north as Guayamas, Sonora. A single 

 specimen procured by Capt. Stone at that place is in the Mus. Smithsonian. 



172. D. Kirtlandii Hallow. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil , 1854, p. 100. 

 Leptophis Kirtlandii ibid, 1. c. 1844, 62. Oxybelis Kirtlandii ibid, 1. c. 1857, 59. 

 Oz.Lecomptei Dum. Bibr. vii. 821, 1854. 



Two sp. Liberia, Dr. Goheen. 



One sp. " Dr. Savage. 



One sp. " Mr. E. T. Cresson. 



Two sp. Gibson, Dr. Ford. 



One sp. " Mr. Du Chaillu. 



b. Scales carinate : Dryophis, Fitz. Wagl. 



173. D. fulgidus Fitz. 



One sp. Surinam, Dr. Hering. 



One sp. Panama, Dr. Le Conte. 



One sp. Tsalco, San Salvador, Capt. J. Dow. 



The above specimens have ten upper labial shields. Giinther gives nine as 

 the ordinary number. 



174. D. brevirostris nobis. 



Near the middle of the body, scales in fifteen rows ; elsewhere in thir- 

 teen. Carination very faint anteriorly ; visible upon five rows poste- 

 riorly. General form extremely slender ; length of tail to that of body 

 as two to three. Head small, muzzle short. No loreal, one post, one 

 preocular, the latter reaching the vertical. Nostril near the middle of the nasaf 

 plate. Superior labials six, fourth and angle of third entering orbit ; last very 

 long. Inferior labials seven, suture of the first pair unusually long. Pupil 

 round. Gastroteges 179; an entire anal, urosteges, 170. Total length 40 in. 6 1. 

 Tail 16 in. 3 1. 



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