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America, and the chief difference from these is the unique and curious 

 fusion of the ocular shield with. the second supralabial, a character 

 which not only holds good in the types and the two specimens here 



Figs. 81-84.— Amphisbaena cubana. 4 x nat. size. No. 26364, U.S.N.M. Matanzas. 



recorded, but also in 26 specimens from near Oienfuegos collected 

 by and reported on by Doctor Barbour.' 



Two specimens were collected by Mr. J. W. Daniel, jr., at Matanzas 

 on February 10, 1899, and presented to the United States National 

 Museum. 



SERPENTES. 



EPICRATES ANGULIFER Bibron. 



Figs. 85 to 87. 



Epicrates striatus, of Haiti, differs from E. angulifer, of Cuba, 

 normally and most conspicuously by the absence of a complete ring 



85 

 Figs. 85-80. Epicrates angulifer. § x nai. size. No. 27498, U.S.N.M. San Diego de lob 

 BaSos.— 87. Same species, 5 x nat. size. No. 10416, U.S.N.M. Cuba. 



of scales around the eye, tw'o labials as a rule touching the eye. 

 Usually it has only one scale intercalated betw^een the supralabials 



1 Mem. Mus. Comp. Z06I., vol. 44, No. 2, March, 1914, p. 317. 



