100 REPTILES. 



* Scaly circle of the orbit separated from the upper labial plates by 



one or two series of scales. 



1. The BoiGUACu. Boa. consincior, Linn. Mus. Adolph. i t. 

 17, /. 3. Schlegel, Phys. Serp. ii. 373, t. 14, /. 6, 7. Gray.^ Ann. 

 Phil. 1825, 209. Zool. Misc. 41. Wagler, Syst. 168. Dinri. Sr Bib. 

 Erp. Gen. vi. 507. B. orophryas, Linn. S. N. ed. x. 215 = Scheuch. 

 P. S. t. 746, /.I. B. constrictrix, Sch7i. H, A. ii. 247. Seba, i. 

 t. 53, /. 1 ; ii. t. 78, /. 5, t. 99, /. 1, t. 101. Constrictor formosis- 

 simus, C. rex Serpeutium and C. auspex, Laur. Syn. 107, 108. Le 

 Devin, Daub. Lacep. Q. O. ii. t. 16. 



Tail red at the end : rostral plate feebly nicked at the base and 

 rather narrower than the lip: chin scales triangular, equilateral, 

 rectilinear ; scales of the upper part of the muzzle between the na- 

 sal plates, 30 ; the circle round the eye composed of thirty scales, 

 and separated from tne upper labial by two series of scales ; one of 

 the phrenal scales near the orbit rather larger than the others, as 

 large as the globe of the eye. Tropical America. 



~a. Inspirits. Half grown ; bleached. Tropical America. Old 

 collection. 

 Boa constrictor, Shaiv, Cat. B. M. 



b. In fluid. Adult. Para. Presented by John P. George Smith, 



Esq. 



c. In fluid. Adult. Tropical America. Purchased of E. Cross. 



d. e. In spirits. Young. Tobago. Presented by W. I. Alfred 



Ludlam, Esq. 

 /. In spirits. Young ; bleached. Old collection. 

 g. Stuffed. Young. S. America. 

 h. Stuffed. Half grown. S. America. 

 i. Skin. Adult. Brazil. From Dr. Gardener's collection. 



Called Brown Peachili. 

 j. In spirits. Head of adult. S. America. 



** The scaly circle of the orbit close on the edge of the upper labial 



plates. 



f One of the hinder phrenals rather larger than the rest ; muzzle 



obliquely truncated. 



2. The Lam AN DA. Boa diviniloqua, Dum. ^' Bib. Erp. Gen. 

 vi. 515. B. orophrias, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. 215? B. ophrias, 

 J Ann. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. i. 374.^ Constrictor diviniloquus, Laur. 

 Syn. 108, from Seba, ii, t. 100,/. 1. B. constrictor, wr. b, Latr. 



