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MEMOIRS OP THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Counts and Measurements. 



Anal 



Scale-rows 



Gastrosteges 



Urosteges 



Upper labials 



Preoculars 



Postoculars 



Temporals 



Total length in mm.. . 

 Length of tail in mm. . 



* End of tail lost. 



1/1 



17 



152 



59/59 



8(4.5) 



1 



2 



1,2 



356 



80 



38. Liophis poecilogyrus (Wied). 



Coluber poecilogyrus Wied, Beitr. Naturgesch. Bras., I, 1825, p. 371, Plate. 

 Liophis poecilogyrus Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, II, 1894, p. 131. 



There are fourteen specimens at hand, which are referable to this species. 

 Seven of them come from the Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, and were collected by 

 Jose Steinbach, who neglected except in two cases to indicate the date of capture. 

 They are listed as follows: 



No. 7, c^ , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, J. Steinbach, Jan., 1912. 



No. 53, 9 , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, J. Steinbach, Jan., 1913. 



No. 105, 9 , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, J. Steinbach. 



No. 106, 9 , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, J. Steinbach. 



No. Ill, cf , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, J. Steinbach. 



No. 113, cf , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, J. Steinbach. 



No. 274, cf, South America, LeBoutelier Collection. 



No. 275, 9 , South America, LeBoutelier Collection. 



No. 277, cf , South America, LeBoutelier Collection. 



No. 312, cf , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, J. Steinbach. 



No. 332, cf , Entre Rios, Brazil, J. D. Haseman, June 4, 1908. 



No. 333, cf , Cidade de Matto Grosso, J. D. Haseman, July 1, 1909. 



No. 351, cf, Entre Rios, Brazil, J. D. Haseman, June 4, 1908. 



No. 359, 9 , Penedo, Alagoas, Brazil, J. D. Haseman, March 22, 1908. 



Specimens No. 7, 53, 105, 106, 113, and 312, from the Province del Sara, Bo- 

 livia, are all very dark on the upper surface, and uniformly colored. The edges 

 of the dorsal and lateral scales are black, the centers olive. When the surface of a 



