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this subdivision the first three specimens on the list (Nos. 60607, 

 60609, and 60610) might be said to belong. The next race, Leimado- 

 phis farmfrons protenus (Jan) is " the best known of these forms. 

 It was named by Jan, whose specimens came from Port au Prince. 

 Boulenger's specimens also belong to this race, with the exception of 

 one which is of the following form [i. e. niger\y The stomach of 

 No. 64270 contained the specimen of Typhlops pusillus mentioned 

 above. This young snake (No. 64280) is much less vivid in colring 

 than the other specimens; the dark lateral bands, while quite distin- 

 guishable, are more subdued in tone than on the larger specimens. 

 The third race, Leimadophis parvifrons niger Dunn, is marked by 

 its melanism. It is probable that the paratypes of Dunn's L. niger^ 

 labeled simply Santo Domingo, 1916, came from the Samana Penin- 

 sula, as Doctor Abbott did most of his collecting in that region in 1916. 

 The two specimens from Laguna (Nos. 63600 and 63601) agree well 

 with the paratypes of this subspecies. The specimen from Liali (No. 

 65788) has a very distinct light stripe on the fifth and sixth scale- 

 rows. In No. 65787 from Jovero, the ventral scales are lighter than 

 those of the paratypes. In this specimen the black middorsal line is 

 very distinct, and the light stripe on the side is also apparent. 



List of specimens 



Museum 



No. 



Sex 



Locality 



When 

 collected 



Ven- 

 trals 



Cau- 

 dals 



Remarks 



U.S.N.M-- 



60607 

 60609 

 60610 

 69441 

 55306 

 55307 

 55308 

 55309 

 55310 

 55311 

 55312 

 55313 

 55314 

 55315 

 64270 



65789 

 55026 

 55027 

 55028 

 55029 

 55030 

 55031 

 55032 

 65787 



65788 



63600 



63601 



Moline, southwest Haiti 



Moron, southwest Haiti 



do 



Moustique, northwest Haiti. 

 Jarabacoa, Santo Domingo.. 



do - - 



El Rio, Santo Domingo 



do ..- - 



do 



do 



do - 



Constanza (5 miles north)... 



do 



do 



Mao-Yaqui Valley, Santo 



Domingo. 

 Las Canitas, Santo Domingo. 



Santo Domingo 



do - 



do 



do I 



do 



do 



do 



Jovero, northwest Santo 



Domingo. 

 Liali, northwest Santo 



Domingo. 

 Laguna, northwest Santo 



Domingo. 

 do 



Jan. 31,1918 

 Dec. 22,1917 

 Dec. 23,1917 

 Mar. 4,1917 

 Oct. 12,1916 



do 



Oct. 6, 1916 



do 



do 



Oct. 5, 1916 



do 



Oct. 13,1916 

 Oct. 2, 1916 

 Sept. 29, 1916 

 1921 



Feb. 25,1923 

 1916 



do 



do 



do 



.....do 



.....do 



do 



Feb. 18,1923 



Feb. 12,1923 



Dec. 23,1920 



Dec. 26,1920 



148 

 146 

 146 

 159 

 154 

 157 

 156 

 153 

 152 

 158 

 161 

 153 

 158 

 159 

 163 



157 

 152 

 150 

 155 

 151 

 147 

 151 

 155 

 150 



153 

 154 



2,000 feet 



118 

 117 

 112 



2,000 feet) 

 1,800 feet 



121 



111 

 116 



114 

 117 



128 



126 



4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 

 4,000 feet 



■p a T V I- 

 frona. 



■protenus. 



125 

 132 



126 

 125 

 124 

 124 



P a r a - 

 types 

 of L. 

 parvi- 

 frons 

 niger 

 Dunn. 



'niger. 



