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Ameira thoracica Cope. 



"We collected fourteen specimens on New Providence Island and seven on 

 Aiidros Island. I am unable to verify the occurrence of this species on the 

 Island of Abaco, whence it was reported by Cope (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 Vol. 10, p. 438). Possibly the specimens were incorrectly labelled, and were 

 from Andros Island. The species is said by Mr. Bryant to be rather common 

 there, although I cannot find a previous record. 



M. C. Z. No. 6948 ; 6965. 



Distribution. — Bahamas. 



Typhlops lumbricalis Linne. 



A single specimen of this species was taken by the writer about ten miles 

 northwest of Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island. It was found tightly curled up 

 under a large rock in a sweet-potato field. When touched, it became very 

 active, and it was only after considerable manoeuvring that it was caught. 



M. C. Z. No. 6970. 



Distribution. — West Indies and Guianas. 



Bpicrates strigilatus Cope. 



A single specimen of this species was seen in the hands of an animal-dealer 

 in Nassau. It was a rather large specimen, measuring, I should judge, six and 

 one-half or seven feet. There is a specimen in the Museum from the same 

 locality. Eecorded also from Andros Island by Garman (Proc. Amer. Philos. 

 Soc, 1887, p. 279). 



M. C. Z. No. 6242. 



Distribution. — New Providence and Andros Islands, replaced by E. chryso- 

 gaster on Turk's Island. 



Ungualia pardalis Gondlaoh. 



With a considerable series before me from New Providence Island, I disagree 

 with Professor Cope in considering this species U. maculata. We took six 

 specimens this summer ; the writer obtained four previously, and there were 

 two other specimens labelled U. curta by Garman, one from New Providence, 

 the other from Cuba, in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. In all of these 

 specimens part of the tail is black ; in the smallest specimen only the extreme 

 tip, in the largest specimen more than half. In some of these there are very 

 many fine punctae on the gastrosteges, as well as the charactei'istic alternating 

 spots. Two distinct color phases are evident ; in three of the specimens tlio 

 color is slaty-blue gray, the dorsal blotches being very distinct. In the others 



