December, 1S44.] 169 



Meeting for Business, and Annual Meeting. 



December 31, 1844. 



Vice President Morton in the Chair. 



The Committee to whom was referred the following paper 



by Dr. Hallowell, read November 5, 1844, reported in favor 



of publication. 



Description of New Species of African Reptiles. 

 By Edward Hallowell, M. D. 



Coluber Phillipsii. 



Description.— Head elongated, flattened, covered above with nine plates; the 

 rostral plate is hexagonal, rounded above, incurvated beneath, there are two an- 

 terior and two posterior frontal plates ; the anterior are pentagonal ; their pos- 

 terior margin is the broadest. The posterior frontal are very large, pentagonal ; 

 there are two supra-orbitar, and one vertical plate ; the supra-orbitar are of 

 moderate size, the occipital are very large, triangular ; there are two nasal plates, 

 with the nostril placed between them ; there is an anterior frontal, and a loral 

 plate ; there are two posterior orbitar plates ; the eyes are large, the neck is 

 narrow, the body is long and tapering, the scales upon the body are smooth and 

 quadrangular; the tail is of moderate length. 



Colour. — Body and tail greenish-olive above, with numerous black points ; 

 chin and throat light yellow; under surface of abdomen and tail tea-green. 

 Abdominal scuta 172: subcaudal 22. 



Dimensions. 



Feet. Inches. 



Length of head, 1 



Greatest breadth posteriorly, \ 



Length of body, ... 3 



Length of tail, ... 3f 

 This species I have named after my friend John S. Phillips, Esq. 



Bufo cinertus. 



Description. — Head small, body of moderate size, covered with numerous 

 small warts ; head and body of a light ash colour, with numerous dark coloured 

 spots or blotches ; under surface of chin, abdomen and limbs, light yellow ; 

 irides 



