NO. 2205. CUBAN AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES— STEJNEGER. 277 



widening; on each side of the tawny olive dorsal band a narrow clay- 

 colored line beginning at the posterior superciharies and ending above 

 insertion of hind legs; a similar line beginning at the posterior corner 

 of eye over upper edge of ear to hind limb; between those hnes a 

 broad brownish-black band, which, however, is tawney olive like 

 the dorsal band in front of the anterior legs; flanks above pale tawnv 

 olive dappled %vith pale dots, below colored like the underside and 

 similarly dotted; tip of snout, chin and labials pale Indian red, under- 

 side whitish, bell}^ strongly washed with turquoise blue becoming 

 darker on tail toward the end; throat and foreneck inky black; 

 tail clear turquoise blue in continuation of the median dorsal stripe; 

 the dorsal tawney olive band and the lateral brownish-black band 

 continue on each side of the tail as a dusky stripe tapering off and 

 disappearing about the middle of the tail and bordered below by a 

 similarly tapering and disappearing pure white stripe beginning at 

 the posterior insertion of the femur and basally margined below by 

 dusky; iris dark brown with an outer pale brown ring. 



Another specimen (No. 26766, U.S.N.M., collector's No. 9076), 

 same date and locality, was exactly like the above except that the 

 underside of the body instead of being washed with bluish was suf- 

 fused with flesh color, and the inky throat spot was absent. 



CADEA BLANOIDES Stejneger. 



Figs. 77 to 80. 



This is the species usually known as AmpJiishaena 'punctata Bell, 

 1828, a name preoccupied by Prince Max von Wied four years 



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79 



80 

 Cauea blanoideh. 2 X nat. size. No. 27845, U.S.N.M. San Diego de los BaSos. 



earlier for a Brazilian species. Finding, moreover, that Gray was 

 correct in considering the Cuban species as the type of a distinct genus, 

 I changed the name to C'adea hlanoldes} 



Palmer and liiley secured specimens at San Diego de los Banos 

 and at Guanajay. 



AMPHISBAENA CUBANA Peters. 



Figs. 81 to 84. 



Unhke the foregoing species, this one is closely allied to others 

 inhabiting Haiti, Porto llico, the Virgin Islands, and eastern South 



I Proc. Biol. Soo. Washington, vol. 29, Apr. 4, 1916, p. 85. 



