1887.] 279 [Garman. 



Ukgualia haetiana Cope. 



Hayli. Scales in twenty seven rows ; ventral scutes 193 + 38. Loreals 

 and anterior pair of prefrontals fused. 



Ungualia uurta, nom. sp. n. 



U. maculata Cope, not of Bibron. Cuba. Scales in twenty-five rows ; 

 ventrals 154 + 27. Loreals fused with the anterior prefrontals. Prof. 

 Cope's specimens gave the species twenty-three to twenty-five rows, and 

 143 to 150 ventrals. The markings of this snake are somewhat like those 

 of U. maculata. In the dorsal series the blotches have white lateral margins. 



Xiphosoma iiortulanuji L. ; Fitz. 



Trinidad, Grenada, St. Vincent, Petit Martinique, Grenadines. The 

 total length of the largest is six feet thr6e inches, of which the tail is thir- 

 teen. J]xcessive variations in color are shown by these examples ; one from 

 Trinidad is light yellowish olive clouded with brown, with edges of scales 

 brown, and ventrals yellow blotched with darker. The markings are 

 obsolete on others not nearly so large. One from Grenada has the marks 

 very distinct, black with light borders ; a second is similar as regards their 

 shapes but the spots are faint ; and a third is nearly uniform brownish, 

 with yellow ventral surface, and an indistinct trace of a blotch here and 

 there. A St. Vincent type is very dark ; the blotches are large, black, 

 and continued down the flank as rather broad vertical bars ; the top of the 

 head is vermiculated with brown. That from Petit Martinique is very 

 distinctly marked ; the ground color is grayish and the blotches are black, 

 with white margins. One from the Grenadines is of the average, another 

 is a uniform dingy yellow, as if the brown pigment had entirely disap- 

 peared, leaving no traces of the markings. Dorsal rows 39-43 ; ventrals 

 256-285, subcaudals 107-117. 



Epicrates cenchria L. ; Wagl. 



Trinidad. One of these has a single labial in contact with the eye on 

 each side ; on the left it is the sixth and on the right the seventh. 

 Another has the sixth and seventh in the orbit on one side and the 

 seventh and eighth on the other. The markings are very indistinct. 



HOMALOCHILUS STRIATUS Fisch. 



llayti. 



HOMALOCUILUS STRIGILATUS CopC. 



Andros island, Bahamas. 



Chilabothrus IN0RNATU8 Reinh. ; D. & B. 



Bayamon, Porto Rico. This species is very common along the streams 

 on the branches of the trees. It is easily taken by means of a slick bear- 

 ina; a noose of strong twine. 



