105 



14. Rhadinaea lineata n. sp. 



Eye moderate. Kostral broader than deep, visible from above; 

 internasals broader than long-, shorter than the praefrontals; frontal 

 once and a half as long as broad, longer than its distance from 

 the end of the snout and a little shorter than the parietals; loreal 

 deeper than long; one prae- and two postoculars; temporals 1+1; 

 eight upper labials, fourth and fifth entering the eye; five lower 



Fig. 1. Head, maxillary and mandible of Rhadinaea lineata. 



labials in contact with the anterior chin-shields, which are a little 

 longer than the posterior. Scales in 19 rows. Ventrals 154; 

 anal divided; subcaudals 71. Dark brown above, with six series 

 of dots or black longitudinal lines, the outer disappearing posteri- 

 orly; upper lip yellowish; yellowish iuferiorly , the edges of the 

 ventrals blackish. 



Total length 270 Mm.; tail 60 Mm. 



One specimen (young) from Taboleiro grande. Collected by 

 Prof. Reinhardt. 



15. Rhadinaea merremii Wied. 



Boulenger, Catal. II, p. 168. 



Sq. 17; V. 152; A. 1/1; Sc. 57. 



Totallængde 710 Mm.; Halens Længde 140 Mm. 

 1 Eksemplar. 



