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58. Clelia petolaria (Linnaeus). 

 Coluber petolarius Linn^us, Mus. Ad. Frid., 1754, p. 35, PI. IX, fig. 2; Syst. Nat., 



Ed. XII, 1766, I, p. 387. 

 Oxyrhopus petolarius Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 101. 



The specimens in the Carnegie Museum are listed as follows: 



C. M. No. 22, d", Las Juntas, BoHvia, elev. 250 M., Steinbach coll., Dec, 1913. 

 C. M. No. 75, 9 , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. 

 C. M. No. 107, cf , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. 

 C. M. No. 110, cf , Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Steinbach coll. 



The specimen No. 107 is shghtly defective, having lost the tip of its tail. 

 Nos. 22, 107, and 110 have broad black bars across the back; the abdomens are 

 uniformly light. 



No. 22 has nineteen bars, three to four times as wide as the light interspaces. 

 No. 107 has nineteen bars, two to three times as wide as the interspaces. No. 110 

 has 28 bars, three to four times as wide as the very narrow interspaces. 



Counts and Meastjeements. 



(No. 22.) 



(No. 75.) 



(No. 107.) 



(No. 110.) 



Anal 



Scale-rows 



Gastrosteges 



Urosteges 



Upper labials 



Preoculars 



Postoculars 



Temporals 



Total length in mm. . 

 Length of tail in mm. 



1 



19 



197 



82/82 



8(4.5) 



1 



2 



2,3 



313 



63 



1 



19 



200 



80/80 



8(4.5) 



1 



2 



2,3 



164 



38 



1 



19 



205 



54/54* 



8(4.5) 



1 



2 



2,3 



633 



54* 



1 



19 



200 



85/85 



8(4.5) 



1 



2 



2,3 



255 



54 



* Tip of tail lost. 



59. Clelia rhombifer (Dumeril & Bibron). 



Oxyrhopus rhombifer Dumeril & Bibron, Erp. Gen., VII, 1854, p. 1018. 

 Oxyrhopus rhombifer Boulenger, Cat. Snakes, III, 1896, p. 103. 



C. M. No. 11, (f, Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll, March, 1912. 

 C. M. No. 45, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., December, 1912. 

 C. M. No. 57, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., December, 1911. 

 C M. No. 64, cT, Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., December, 1911. 

 C. M. No. 65, cf , Provincia del Sara, Bolivia, Steinbach coll., December, 1911. 

 C. M. No. 66, cf, Provincia del Sara, BoUvia, Steinbach coll., December, 1911. 



