Garman.] Zo^ [Oct. 7, 



Dromicus parviprons Cope. 



Hayti. Jeremie, Hayti. Rows 19 ; no pores ; ventrals 143 ou each of 

 three specimens, 143 ; subcaudals 113, 118, 113, 119 pairs. 



Dromicus melanotus Shaw, sp. 



Trinidad ; Grenada. Rows 17 ; one pore ; ventrals 147, 149, 153, 149 ; 

 anal bifid ; subcaudals 59, 62, 59, 65 pairs. 



The dorsal black band is five whole and two half scales in width ; the 

 white line at each side of it is two half scales wide, as also the black line 

 on the flank ; the yellow or pinkish of the abdomen extends over three 

 and a half of the outer rows. Anteriorly the lateral black lines are 

 broken into spots and in the black vertebral baud there are small whitish 

 spots. 



Dro.micus exiCtUus Cope. 



St. Tliomas. Rows 19 ; ventrals 139, 140 ; anal bifid ; subcaudals 80, 

 83 pairs. One has the prefrontals fused on the median line. 



Alsophis ater Gosse ; Cope. 



Kingston, Jamaica. Rows 17 ; pores 3 ; ventrals 171, 180, 185 ; anal 

 bifid ; subcaudals 163, 149, 144 pairs. 



Alsophis antillensis Schleg. ; Fitz. 



St. Tliomas; Hayti. Eight specimens at hand have nineteen rows 

 each ; 173 to 181 ventrals ; and the subcaudals range from 134 to 143 

 pairs. 



Alsophis angulifer Bibr., sp. 



Cuba ; Havana, Cuba. Rows 17 ; ventrals 164, 167, 169, 167 ; subcau- 

 dals 103, 114, 108, 108 pairs. 



Alsophis catmanus Garm. 

 Grand Cayman. A variety of the preceding. 



Alsophis rupiventris D. & B. 



St. Kitts ; Saba ; Nevis. On each of twenty-two specimens the num- 

 ber of rows is twenty three ; the ventrals range from 308 to 330, and the 

 subcaudals 114 to 133. • On nine the tail is mutilated. Apparently there is 

 a special cause for the prevalence of the mutilation in particular localities. 



Alsophis cinereus Garm. 



St. Barts; Anguilla. Six from St. Barts have the scales in twenty-one 

 rows; the ventrals ranging from 303 to 207, and the subcaudals from 115 to 

 123. They are darker than the following. Six from Anguilla have twenty- 

 one rows each ; ventrals 301 to 303, and the subcaudals 99 to 115. These 

 are more ashy in color than those from St. Barts, which are darker than 



