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Loreal acute posteriorly; preoculars two, the inferior very small. Postoculars 

 three, nearly equal in size. Upper labials eight, fourth and fifth entering the 

 orbit ; last as small as the second. Inferior labials eight; one pair of geneials. 

 Scales in nineteen rows. Gastroteges 182. One entire anal, 67 urosteges. 

 Total length 21 inches, 2 lines. Tail 5 inches. 



The upper surface of the head and body are of a dark brown. The upper 

 labials, chin, belly, two inferior rows of scales and the tips of many of the 

 others, dirty white. 



One specimen brought from the interior of Venezuela by Capt. Jas. Wilson. 

 It is called by the natives " Coralilla." 



We have named this species in honor of Dr. Albert Glinther, the celebrated 

 Herpetologist of London, who has done so much toward effecting a natural 

 arrangement of the Colubridae. 



Cemophora nobis. Type C. coccinea. 



Form rather slender; tail one-seventh of total length. Head scarcely dis- 

 tinct, very convex, elongate, acute. Plates of the head broad, normal as to 

 number. Rostril very prominent, obtusely trihedral, produced slightly be- 

 tween the prefontals. Nasals two sometimes united, a loreal, one pre- two 

 postoculars. Scales smooth ; anal scutella entire, urosteges divided. Pupil 

 round. One cr two posterior maxillary teeth longer than the others, smooth, 

 and not separated by an interspace, (syncranterian). 



The form of the rostral plate is the most prominent peculiarity which 

 separates this species from Simotes D. &; B. 



90. C. coccinea nobis. Coluber coccineus Blumenb. in Licht. & Voigt. 

 Magaz. v. 1*788, pi. 5. Hettrodon coccineus Schl. Essai, ii. p. 102. Rhinostoma 

 coccinea Holbr. N. Am. Herp. 1842, p. 125, pi. 30. Baird et Girard, Catal. p. 118. 

 Simotes coccineus Dum. et Bibr. vii. p. 637. Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 26. 

 Two sp. South Carolina. Dr. Holbrook. 



One sp. Georgia. Dr. Jones. 



One sp. South Carolina. Dr. Blanding. 



One sp. " Philada. Mus. in Ex. 



One sp. ? Dr. Wilson. 



Rhinocheilus Bd. et Grd. Type R. Lecontei. 



Catal. Serp. Smiths. Inst. 1852, p. 120. 



In dentition this genus is isodont. The entire urosteges distinguish it from 

 Rhinechis. The general form is rather that of Cemophora. 



91. R. Lecontei Bd. et Grd. 1. c. * 



One sp. Ft. Chadbourne, Texas. Smithsonian Institution. 



Simotes Dum. & Bibr. Type S. R u s s e 1 1 i i . 



Erpetologie Generale, vii. p. 624, 1853. 



A. Form stout, calamarian ; anal shield entire. 



92. S. phsenochalinus nobis. This is a small serpent, and resembles 

 an Oligodon in form. The arrangement and number of cephalic plates are the 

 same as in the Russellii, except that the rostral plate is higher, and not 

 produced so far back upon the muzzle, and that the vertical is not so broad, 

 and with lateral borders less convergent posteriorly. Superior labials seven, 

 the third and fourth entering the orbit; inferior labials eight. Scales in 

 seventeen rows small, rounded. Gastroteges 172, an anal, urosteges 41 pairs. 

 Total length 7 inches 9 lines. Tail 1 inch. 



The ground color is a light brown, and is crossed above by short black 

 transverse bands, about fifteen in number, from the head to the end of the tail. 

 These bands are wider on the back, and taper on the flanks. A transverse 

 black band crosses the head from eye to eye on each side of the posterior 



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