193 



longitudinal gular sac. Rostral triangular, deeply pitted, its 

 median height five-sevenths of its breadth, extending backwards 

 for some distance between the anterior frontals, which are small, 

 quadrilateral, and concave behind ; two pairs of posterior frontals, 

 the inner pair the larger and forming a narrow suture with the 

 vertical ; the latter shield hexagonal, as long as broad, with the 

 lateral edges converging posteriorly ; supi'aciliary large and 

 pentagonal ; three pairs of occipital shields, the two anterior 

 pairs transversely oblong and of equal size ; the posterior pair of 

 irregular shape and smaller ; a number of various sized shields on 

 the temporal region ; loi'eals replaced by from nine to eleven 

 scale-like plates ; three pre- and four post-oculars of equal size, 

 with the exception of the upper preocular which is greatly 

 enlarged ; twelve upper labials, the four anterior ones pitted, the 

 sixth and seventh entering the eye ; sixteen lower labials, the six 

 preceeding the last four pitted. Scales on the anterior part of 

 the body elongate and quadrangular, on the posterior larger and 

 rhombic ; no enlarged vertebral series. A minute conical rudi- 

 mentary hind limb. Colors — Upper surface of head light brown, 

 the edges of the shields purplisli-brown, broadest posteriorly ; an 

 oblique dusky band behind the eye; general color of body and tail 

 yellowish with dark brown transverse bands, which are ill-defined 

 and irregular anteriorly, better defined and gradually forming a 

 junction on the under surface of the body posteriorly, and best 

 defined on the tail. 



Total length thirty-one and a half inches ; tail five and a half 

 inches. Register number R. 1087. 



Dendropiiis papu.e, s'p. nov. 



Scales on the body anteriorly in fifteen, mesially in thirteen, 

 and posteriorly in eleven series ; the series bordering the al)do- 

 minals more distinctly larger in comparison anteriorly than 

 posteriorly ; the vertebral series more so posteriorly than 

 anteriorly ; abdominal plates one hundred and eighty-three ; anal 

 plate single ; sub-caudal plates in two rows of one hundred and 

 forty-three each. Head but little defined from trunk. Muzzle 

 very short, broad, truncated, and depressed ; occiput depressed. 

 Eye lateral large, tjie pupil rounded. Body compressed and 

 keeled, the tail much less so. Rostral twice as broad as hio-h, 

 not encroaching on the upper surface of the head ; antei'ior 

 frontals quadrilateral, the lateral margins rounded in front ; 

 posterior frontals* pentagonal, bent down on the sides to form a 

 suture with the loi'eal, which is large, and pointed posteriorly ; 

 vertical shield pentagonal, much broader in front than behind ; 

 supraciliary shields forming a sharp ridge overhanging the eye ; 

 occipitals large, a little longer than broad, rounded behind ; one 



* In the unique specimen this shield is undivided except for about the 

 anterior third of its length, where there is a slight, but distinct, groove, 



