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Mus.) ; Iconographie generale des ophidiens, livr. 48, 1S76, pi. 2, fig. 6. — 

 Taylob and Smith, Uuiv. Kans. Sci. Bull., vol. 25, 1938 (1939), p. 255, pi. 23, 

 fig. 2. 



Type.—Mns. Hist. Nut. Paris. 



Type locality. — Mexico. 



Range. — Central Oaxaca and probably central Chiapas, northward 

 to Guerrero, not reaching the coast (known in Mexico from the states 

 of Oaxaca [Guichicovi, San Jose Lachiguiri, and Totolapan] and 

 Guerrero) . 



STENORRHINA FREMINVILLII APIATA Cope 



Stenorhina degenliardtii apiata Cope, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 



vol. 8, 1S76, p. 142. 

 Stenorhina fretninvilUi apiata Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, p. 472. 

 Geophis mtdtitorques yvcatanicus B.ajjbour and Cole, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 



50, No. 5, 1906, p. 153 (type locality, Chichen Itza, Yucatan ; type, Mus. Comp. 



Zool. No. 7037). 



Type.—U.S.'N.M. No. 70405. 



Type locality. — El Barrio, Oaxaca. 



Range. — Atlantic slopes from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec through- 

 out the peninsula of Yucatan, probably in Guatemala, and possibly 

 northward to central Veracruz (known from El Barrio, Oaxaca; Cor- 

 doba, Veracruz [in error?] ; and several localities in Yucatan). 



STENORRHINA FREMINVILLII LACTEA Cope 



Btenorliina lactea Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 13, 1861, p. 303. 

 Stenorhina freminvillu lactea Smith, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 93, 1943, pp. 



472^73. 

 Stenorhina degenliardti apiata Tatlok and Smith {nee Cope), Univ. Kansas Sci. 



Bull., vol. 25, 1938 (1939), p. 255, fig. 4 (head only). 



ry^pe.— U.S.N.M. No. 4944. 



Type locality. — In doubt ; "La Union, Guatemala," but perhaps La 

 Union, El Salvador. 



Range. — Pacific coast, Guerrero to Costa Rica (known in Mexico 

 only from Tapanatepec, Putla, and vicinity of Tehuantepec, Oaxaca; 

 Acapulco, Guerrero; and Monte Cristo, CJiiapas). 



Genus SYMPHIMUS Cope 



Symphimus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 11, 1869, p. 150. 



Genotype. — Symphimus leucostomxis Cope. 



Range. — The Pacific slopes of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. 



Species. — One. 



SYMPHIMUS LEUCOSTOMUS Cope 



Symphimus lencostomtis Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 11, 1869, p. 150. — 

 Gaiqe, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington, No. 457, 1936, p. 300. — Hartweq 

 and Oliver, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool Univ. Michigan, No. 47, 1940, p. 23. 



Type.— U.S. ^.M. No. 30310. 



