'"im)k' ] I'KOCEEDINGS OF TlIK NATIONAL MUSKl'M. 



Chilomeniacus straniineiis fasciatiis Cope. 



505 



ChilomftiiscnH cinctii8 i,'o\^e, Yaimw Clit'ik List N. A. li"tr. and Keptilia, 1^8:5, p. Hi. 

 There are no dirtereiiees l»etwveii iliis siili.specie.s and tlie typical 

 C. ti. strdmineus to be detected in tlie scinaination, luit the coh)ration 

 difters to an extraordinary degree, resembling' that of the ('. rpliippictts. 

 Two specimens are in the National Mnseum collection: one olthese has 

 twenty-lonr and the other twenty-six Mack ci()ss-lian<ls on a white 

 jjronnd. Of these four in one and live in the other are on the tail, 

 riiey are two scales long and eleven and two half scales in width; the 

 s[)aces between them are two and a half scales long. There is a black 

 patch on the head from the middle of the frontal to the posterior border 

 of the occipital shields. No dark color on any of the iimler surfaces. 

 No puiiet;e on the scales. No. 12,0'5<>; !•>. 7: lOS-f 1 -(-L'(j : 2.'J5, 3". iiitii. 





Cliiloinfiiiscui) strainiiicun J'uvciatiis Copi* 



Cuta- No. of 



lo;»iie I spci'i- 

 N«. 1 men. 



Locality. 



WIlcMl 



collectt'd. 



r rmri u iimii 



rcc«lvuil. 



.\ .11 MI *■ III 

 K]H'<'illll-|l. 



ij, o;jo 



2 La I'uz, Ciil 



11.. , 18.S2. L. IJeldiatt. 



Ak-uliulio. 



Chilomeniscus straruineus strainiueus Cope. 



ChilomeniscuH i/tramiiu'its Cope, I'loc. Acad. I'liila., ISCJD, p. .VM). <'arj)hophiis »tramineu8 

 (Janiiaii. Mem. Miis. Coiiip. Zoid. Cainln., vui, l^d:{, 100. 

 Lower California. 



STILOSOMA Brown. 



Proc'. riiil.i. A.;i(l. Nat. Sci., 18'J0, \k VXK 



liody slender, cylindrical, and rigid; tail short; iie.id ronnde(l on 

 frontal outline, not distinct from body, llostral i)iominent, l>nt not 

 recurved; no internasals, anteorbitals, or loreals. One nasal. l*refron- 

 tals and parietals in conla(!t with labials. Scales smooth. No scale 

 pits. Anal entire. Teeth smooth. 



This geniLs belongs to the type ot Klialidosoma D. and B, and Car 

 phophiops, approaching nearest to Oeophidium I'et. in the ab.sence of 

 internasal i)lates. It exhibits, however, a greater reduction than in that 

 genus in the absence of loreal and preocular |)lates. Only one sjiecies 

 is known. 



Stilosonia extenuatxini lliown 



I'ruc. I'liila. Acud. Nat. Sci., IHJO, p. lit'.*. 



This curious species has the coloration ol tin- type of Flypsiglena or 

 ISibon. It is of great rarity, the tyjte specimen found near .bu'kson- 

 ville, Fla., being the only one know n. Its habits are piobably subter- 

 ranean. 



