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ff. Body and tail not covered with closo-sot dark points. 



g. Color olivaceous or brownish, with conspicuo\i8 markings, marblinga 



or spots darker than the ground color ; belly without distinct 



transverse lines, marked like the back and sides ; tail slightly 



longer than rest of body. 



A. Dark markings forming narrow reticHiations, never rounded spots ; 



these reticulations dark lilac in color, covering back and 



sides, some of them enclosing irregular polygons. 



poLYGONirs, 647. 



hh. Dark markings in the form of rounded spots, more or less confluent, 



sometimes obscuring the pale ground color. moringa, 6-18. 



gg. Color dark brown, dark green, or blackish, either plain or witli 



faint markings. 



i. Belly with black, wavy, transverse lines ; nodark lines along dorsal 



fin. MORDAX, 049. 



ii. Belly without black transverse lines ; dorsal and anal with dark 

 longitudinal streaks ; body nearly plain dark olive brown. 



FUNEBRIS, G.W. 



ggg. Color brownish black with irregular pale grayish spots of various 



sizes; marginof anal not pale ; cleftof mouth less than half head. 



SANCTiE-HELEN.i:, 051. 



cc. Body with distinct small spots, blue, white, or yellow. 



./. Dorsal and anal without distinct colored margin ; palespotsmostly smaller than 

 eye. 

 )c. Teeth of upper jaw uniserial. 



/. Vomerine teeth uniserial ; spots irregular, few, and scattered ; dorsal 



colored like back. novii, 0.52. 



U. Vomerine teetlr biserial ; entire body covered^jWith small blue dots; 



dorsal with vertical bluish streaks. conspersus, 0.">3. 



Tck. Teeth of upper jaw biserial ; body with small yellow spots. 



■m. Vomerine teeth uniserial, mostly small and rounded ; color nearly 

 uniform from head to tail ; spots innumerable. hiiliaris, 054. 

 mm. Vomerine teeth biserial, small and rounded ; color dark brown, with 

 yellow points excessively numerous. elaborates, 055. 



jj. Dorsal with a blackish border, interrupted wit'.i white ; anal with white mark- 

 ings ; body with close-set, irregular pale spots. obscuratus, 656. 

 6fc. Body with about 20 black, transverse rings, about three times the breadth of the 

 interspaces ; tail a little longer than rest of body. chlevastes, 657. 

 Priodonophis, (irpiaif, saw ; oSovs, tooth ; o(|)is, snake): 

 aa. Teeth serrate, more or less. 



n. Color brown, with irregular light yellowish spots irregularly placed ; dorsal with large, 

 dark spots on its edge, these sometimes obsolete, usually running together to form 

 a continuous dark band ; anal black-edged ; teeth large, uniserial, the larger ones 

 serrate ; mouth nearly closing. ocellatus, 65S. 



Subgenus LYCODONTIS. 



644. LTCODOXTIS VERRILH (Jordan k Gilbert). 



Teeth all entire. Color nearly plain brown, tinely freckled; teeth uni- 

 serial, about 13 on side of lower jaw ; vomerine teeth small, in a short 

 row posteriorly ; eye near angle of mouth, 3 in snout; head 'd\ in trunk ; 

 tail about equal to head and trunk; color light chestnut brown, finely 

 freckled, but without distinct spots; dorsal with a conspicuous edge of 

 blackish, the margin narrowly white; anal edged with white. Panama; 

 one specimen known, in the museum of Yale University. (Named for 

 Prof. Addison E. Verrill, of Yale University, a well-known naturalist.) 



